Ogawa Suketada (小川 祐忠; 1549–1601) was a ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...
'' (warlord) in feudal
Japan during the
Azuchi–Momoyama and
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
s.
Initially Suketada served
Akechi Mitsuhide
, first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga. Mitsuhide was a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later a successful general under ...
.
He participated in 1582 at the
Battle of Yamasaki
The was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Mt. Tennō (天王山の戦い ''Tennō-zan no tatakai'').
In the Honnō-ji Incident, Akechi Mitsuhid ...
. After Mitsuhide defeat, he served
Shibata Katsutoyo Shibata may refer to:
Places
* Shibata, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefecture
* Shibata District, Miyagi, a district in Miyagi Prefecture
* Shibata, Niigata, a city in Niigata Prefecture
** Shibata Station (Niigata), a railway station in Niigata Pref ...
at
Battle of Shizugatake
The was a battle of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Toyotomi Hideyoshi (then Hashiba Hideyoshi) and Shibata Katsuie in Shizugatake, Ōmi Province in May 1583. Katsuie supported Oda Nobutaka's claim as successor of Oda Nobunaga in ...
. After Katsutoyo died, Suketada served
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
in
Invasion of Shikoku
The was a conflict of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Chōsokabe Motochika on the island of Shikoku in 1585.
Hideyoshi invaded Shikoku with a force of over 100,000 men in June and led a campaign against the ...
. He was given 70,000
koku at Imabari,
Iyo Province
was a province of Japan in the area of northwestern Shikoku. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tosa''" in . Iyo bordered on Sanuki Province to the northeast, Awa to the east, and Tosa to the south. Its abbreviated form name was . In te ...
and became a daimyo.
In 1600, at the
Battle of Sekigahara, initially he was part of "Western Army" of
Ishida Mitsunari. During the battle he betrayed Mitsunari and switched sides to join
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fello ...
's "Eastern Army" along with
Kobayakawa Hideaki,
Wakisaka Yasuharu
(1554 – September 26, 1626), sometimes referred to as Wakizaka Yasuharu, was a ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Awaji Island who fought under a number of warlords over the course of Japan's Sengoku period.
Wakisaka originally served under A ...
,
Kuchiki Mototsuna and
Akaza Naoyasu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was also known as and , and held the title of .
Biography
His father, , was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. Naonori was killed in action when Akechi Mi ...
. Ieyasu won the battle and became the ''de facto'' ruler of Japan. Ieyasu seized Suketada's domain after the battle.
References
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1549 births
1601 deaths
Samurai