Ittetsu Inaba

A military commander during the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. One of the Mino Sanninshu. His childhood name was Hikoroku. He changed his name to Michimochi, Michitomo, Sadamichi, Nagamichi, and Yoshimichi. He was called Ukyonosuke and Iyo no Kami, and became a monk under the name Ittetsu. In 1525 (5th year of the Taiei period), he repelled the attack of the Azai clan of Omi, and after his father and five elder brothers were killed in battle, he returned to secular life and succeeded the family. He served the Toki clan and Saito Dosan, but came into conflict with his son Tatsuoki. During Oda Nobunaga's invasion of Mino, he conspired with Ujiie Bokuzen and Ando Morinari, two of the Three Brothers, and colluded with them. He later served Nobunaga, and made Sone (Sone, Ogaki City), Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture), his castle, and achieved success after the Battle of Anegawa. After the Honnoji Incident, he hurried back to Japan and posted a notice at a shrine or temple, which led to suspicion from Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi. There is also an anecdote that he cleared Nobunaga's suspicions by proclaiming his innocence in the calligraphy of a kido in a tea room. He died in Kiyomizu Castle. He was buried at Gekkei-in Temple in Nagara, Mino Ono District (Ibigawa Town, Ibi District).

[Takahiro Okuno]

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戦国・安土(あづち)桃山時代の武将。美濃(みの)三人衆の一人。幼名彦六。名を通以(みちもち)、通朝(みちとも)、貞通(さだみち)、長通(ながみち)、良通(よしみち)と改めた。右京亮(うきょうのすけ)、伊予守(いよのかみ)を称し、入道して一鉄。1525年（大永5）近江(おうみ)浅井氏の進攻を迎撃し、父と5人の兄が戦死したあと、還俗(げんぞく)して家を継ぐ。土岐(とき)氏に続き斎藤道三(どうさん)に仕えたが、その子龍興(たつおき)と対立。織田信長の美濃攻略にあたり、三人衆の氏家卜全(うじいえぼくぜん)、安藤守就(もりなり)と謀り、内通した。のち信長に仕え、美濃国（岐阜県）曽禰(そね)（曽根、大垣市内）を居城とし、姉川(あねがわ)の戦い以下に功をたてた。本能寺の変後、急ぎ帰国し、社寺に制札を出したため、羽柴(はしば)（豊臣(とよとみ)）秀吉に疑われたという。また茶室で虚堂(きどう)の墨跡に託し無実を述べ信長の疑いを解いたという逸話もある。清水(きよみず)城で没。美濃大野郡長良(ながら)（揖斐(いび)郡揖斐川町）の月桂院に葬られる。

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