Hidemitsu Akechi

Japanese: 明智秀満 - あけち・ひでみつ

Year of death: June 14, 1582 (July 13, 1582)
Year of birth: Unknown A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Son-in-law of Akechi Mitsuhide. Originally called Miyake Yaheiji, he is said to have later taken the name Akechi. His wife was Mitsuhide's daughter, but she first married Araki Murashige. However, in 1578, when Murashige rebelled against Oda Nobunaga, she was divorced and later remarried Hidemitsu. As soon as Hidemitsu confirmed Mitsuhide's Honnoji Incident, he moved from Azuchi Castle to Sakamoto Castle, the residence of the Akechi clan. However, the castle was also surrounded, and Hidemitsu, who must have learned of Mitsuhide's death, let his subordinates escape, presented local products to the enemy commander Hori Naomasa, and then stabbed Mitsuhide's wife and children and his own wife and children to death, set fire to the castle, and committed suicide. Hidemitsu's father was also captured in Yokoyama, Tanba Province, and crucified at Awataguchi in Kyoto. <References> Mitsutoshi Takayanagi, "Mitsuhide Akechi"

(Hideo Uno)

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没年：天正10.6.14(1582.7.13)
生年：生年不詳
安土桃山時代の武将。明智光秀の女婿。当初は三宅弥平次といい,のちに明智を名乗ったとされる。なお妻は光秀の娘であるが,最初は荒木村重に嫁した。しかし天正6(1578)年,村重が織田信長に背いたとき離縁され,のち秀満に再嫁した。秀満は光秀の本能寺の変を確認するや,安土城から明智氏の居城である坂本城に移った。しかし同城も包囲され,光秀の死去を知ったであろう秀満は,配下の将兵らを逃がし,名物類を敵将の堀直政に贈ったのち,光秀の妻子や自分の妻子らを刺殺,城に火をかけて自刃した。なお秀満の父も丹波国横山で捕らえられ,京の粟田口で磔殺された。<参考文献>高柳光寿『明智光秀』

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