Hiroie Kikkawa

Japanese: 吉川広家 - きっかわ・ひろいえ

Year of death: September 21, 1625 (October 22, 1625)
Year of birth: 1561
A military commander in the Sengoku period and a feudal lord in the early Edo period. The third son of Yoshikawa Motoharu. His childhood name was Saijumaru, and initially Tsunetoge. Since 1570, he fought in battles as a military commander of the Mori clan alongside his brother Motonaga. In 1582, peace was made between Mori Terumoto and Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi, and the following year he went to Kyoto as a hostage. However, Motoharu died in 1581, and Motonaga the following year, and according to his brother's will, he inherited the Yoshikawa clan. In 1586, by order of Hideyoshi, he was given 140,000 koku of land in the four provinces of Hoki, Izumo, Oki, and Aki, and made his castle in Tomita, Izumo. When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, he served with distinction in both the Bunroku and Keicho campaigns. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he secretly sent a letter of intent to the Tokugawa clan to prevent Terumoto from joining the side of Ishida Mitsunari, and after the war he worked hard to ensure the survival of the Mori clan. The following year, he was given 30,000 koku in both Suokuka and Kumage counties, and moved to Iwakuni. In the same year, he established 35 articles of the Household Law, and in 1617, he established 188 articles of the Code, establishing the foundations of his domain. <References> "Chronology of Kikkawa Hiroie" and "A Brief Biography of Lord Kikkawa Hiroie" edited by Ihara Yutaka

(Inoue Hiroshi)

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没年：寛永2.9.21(1625.10.22)
生年：永禄4(1561)
戦国時代の武将,江戸時代初期の大名。吉川元春の3男。幼名才寿丸,はじめ経言。元亀1(1570)年以来,兄元長と共に毛利氏の武将として転戦。天正10(1582)年,毛利輝元と羽柴(豊臣)秀吉の間に和がなり,翌年人質として上洛。しかし,同14年に元春,翌年元長が相次いで没し,兄の遺言によって吉川家を相続。同19年秀吉の命で伯耆,出雲,隠岐,安芸4カ国に14万石を領し,出雲富田に居城。秀吉の朝鮮出兵に際しては文禄・慶長両役に従軍して功を立てている。慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦では,徳川氏に密かに款を通じることで輝元が石田三成方に参陣するのを阻止し,戦後も毛利氏存続のため奔走。翌年,周防玖珂・熊毛両郡に3万石を与えられ,岩国に移住した。同18年に家中法度35条,さらに元和3(1617)年には治法188条を制定して,領政の基礎を確立した。<参考文献>『吉川広家年譜』,井原豊編『吉川広家卿略伝』

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