Sadayasu Kato

Japanese: 加藤貞泰 - かとう・さだやす

Year of death: May 22, 1623 (June 19, 1623)
Year of birth: Tensho 8 (1580)
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Lord of Ozu Domain in Iyo Province (Ehime Prefecture). His father was Mitsuyasu, and his mother was the daughter of Tobeijo Ichiyanagi. He was born in Isono Village, Omi Province (Takatsuki Town, Ika District, Shiga Prefecture). He was also called Mitsunaga. In 1594, he inherited a fief of 240,000 koku in Fuchu, Kai Province, but because Ishida Mitsunari and his father Mitsuyasu had not been on good terms during his lifetime, he was transferred to Kurono, Mino Province, with a reduced fief of 40,000 koku due to his young age. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he joined the Eastern Army and fought fiercely against the Shimazu clan and others in the Western Army. In 1615, he was granted an additional 20,000 koku, bringing his total to 60,000 koku, and was transferred to Yonago, Hoki Province (Tottori Prefecture). He also fought in the Siege of Osaka (1614, 1615) and distinguished himself. In 1617, he was transferred to Ozu with a fief of 60,000 koku, and became its first feudal lord. He was skilled in horse riding, loved renga (linked verse), and was a man of refined tastes. He died in Edo.

(Hasegawa Seiichi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：元和9.5.22(1623.6.19)
生年：天正8(1580)
江戸初期の大名。伊予国(愛媛県)大洲藩藩主。父は光泰,母は一柳藤兵衛尉の娘。近江国磯野村(滋賀県伊香郡高月町)生まれ。光長ともいう。文禄3(1594)年,甲斐国府中24万石を襲封したが,石田三成と父光泰が生前不仲であったため,若年を理由に美濃国黒野4万石に減転封された。慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦では,東軍に属して西軍の島津氏らと激戦を繰り返した。15年,2万石を加増されて合わせて6万石となり,伯耆国(鳥取県)米子に転封。大坂の陣(1614,15)にも出陣し功をたてた。元和3(1617)年大洲6万石に転封となり,同藩の初代藩主となる。馬術に長じ,連歌を好むなど,風雅の嗜みのある人物であった。江戸で死去。

(長谷川成一)

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