was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

of the

Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...

who served as one of three magistrates (san bugyo) for the

Tokugawa clan The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...

. Masakatsu served

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 fellow ...

from a young age, though he would side with a rioting monto group within the province of Mikawa in 1565. Around the time of the

Odawara Campaign Odawara Castle in today's Odawara city, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, was besieged three times. *Siege of Odawara (1561) The 1561 Siege of Odawara, a battle of Japan's Sengoku period, Uesugi Kenshin attacked Odawara castle, this was the first ...

--1590—Masakatsu allegedly began to openly declare his dislike towards

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 ...

, which resulted in the confiscation of his lands. During the year of 1599 Masakatsu's son Iemasa recovered his father's good name by some degree when he became a page to

Tokugawa Hidetada was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. Early life (1579–1593) Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...

. Seven years later Iemasa became a commander of ashigaru.Samurai Archives CEWest & FWSeal: Uemura Masakatsu Masakatsu was a cousin of the Uemura family which ruled the

Takatori Domain The Takatori Domain (高取藩, ''Takatori-han'') was a feudal domain located in Yamato Province, in what is now Takatori-cho, Takaichi-gun, Nara Prefecture. The domain's administrative center was Takatori Castle. file:Uemura Ieyasu.jpg, 270px, ...

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Daimyo Samurai 1535 births 1592 deaths {{daimyo-stub