Takatsugu Kyogoku

A feudal lord from the Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo periods. The eldest son of Takayoshi. During his childhood, he lived as a hostage because the Kyogoku clan was under the control of the Azai clan, but after the downfall of the Azai clan in 1573 (Tensho 1), he served Oda Nobunaga and was given 5,000 koku. In 1582 (Tensho 10), during the Honnoji Incident, he supported Akechi Mitsuhide and was pursued by Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi, and sought refuge with Shibata Katsuie in Echizen, and then Takeda Motoaki in Wakasa. Katsuie and Genaki were killed by Hideyoshi, but Takatsugu was pardoned because Hideyoshi took Genaki's wife, Matsumaru-dono, as his concubine, and in 1584 (Tensho 12) he was given 2,500 koku in Takashima County, Omi. He subsequently served in Hideyoshi's Kyushu Conquest (1587), Odawara Conquest (1590), and Bunroku Invasion (1592-93), and in 1595 was awarded an additional stipend of 60,000 koku in Omi Otsu. After Hideyoshi's death, he joined Tokugawa Ieyasu and barricaded himself in Otsu Castle during the Battle of Sekigahara. As a result of his service, he was awarded 85,000 koku in Wakasa Obama, which was increased the following year to 92,000 koku. His mother was Kyogoku Maria, who was baptized in Organtino, and Takatsugu is said to have become a believer in his later years. His wife, Hatsu, was Yododono's younger sister. He died in Obama on May 3, 1604. His posthumous name was Taiun-in-dono Tetsumune Dokan.

[Keiichi Miyajima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

安土(あづち)桃山～江戸前期の大名。高吉(たかよし)の長子。幼年期は京極氏が浅井氏の配下にあったため、人質生活を送ったが、1573年（天正1）浅井氏の滅亡により織田信長に仕え、5000石を与えられた。82年（天正10）本能寺(ほんのうじ)の変に際し、明智光秀(あけちみつひで)を後援したため羽柴(はしば)（豊臣(とよとみ)）秀吉に追われ、越前(えちぜん)の柴田勝家(しばたかついえ)、次に若狭(わかさ)の武田元明(もとあき)を頼った。勝家、元明の2人は相次いで秀吉に滅ぼされたが、高次は、秀吉が元明の妻であった妹（松丸殿）を側室にしたので許され、84年（天正12）近江(おうみ)高島郡で2500石を与えられた。その後、秀吉の九州征伐（1587）、小田原征伐（1590）、さらに文禄(ぶんろく)の役（1592～93）に従軍して、95年近江大津6万石に加増された。秀吉の死後、徳川家康につき、関ヶ原の戦いで大津城に籠城(ろうじょう)した。その功により、若狭小浜(おばま)8万5000石、翌年加増して9万2000石を領した。なお、母はオルガンティノに受洗した京極マリアで、高次も晩年は信徒になったという。また、室の初(はつ)は淀殿(よどどの)の妹である。慶長(けいちょう)14年5月3日、小浜で没した。法名は泰雲院殿徹宗道閑。

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