was a Japanese samurai of the
Sengoku period. He was a castle commander of
Kuroi Castle.
He was a retainer of
Inaba Ittetsu,
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Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
was not pleased that Toshimitsu chose to work under Mitsuhide, and if not for Mitsuhide's intervention Nobunaga would have killed him.
Toshimitsu was also vital for the Akechi action at Honnō-ji and the Battle of Yamazaki
The was fought in 1582 in Shimamoto, Osaka, 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, ...
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He was the father of the Lady Kasuga, who became a preeminent retainer of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
See also
* Saito Toshikazu
Notes
External links
Saito Toshimitsu entry at Samurai Wiki
Samurai
1534 births
1582 deaths
Akechi clan
Toshimitsu
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