Hidemasa Koide

Japanese: 小出秀政 - こいで・ひでまさ

Year of death: March 22, 1604 (April 21, 1604)
Year of birth: Tenbun 9 (1540)
A military commander during the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. Born in Nakamura, Owari, he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi due to their shared hometown. His wife was the younger sister of Hideyoshi's birth mother, Omandokoro (Tenzuiin), so they were related by blood. He was commonly known as Jinzaemon, and later called himself Harima no Kami. In 1582, he was ordered to serve as caretaker of Himeji Castle in Harima, and in the 13th year of the same year, he was given 30,000 koku of land for Kishiwada Castle in Izumi. During the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he and his eldest son Yoshimasa served as caretakers on the side of Ishida Mitsunari on the Western side, but they did not take part in the battle at Sekigahara, and instead assisted Hideyori from Osaka Castle. His second son Hideie belonged to the Eastern side, and as he distinguished himself in battle, he was granted permission to keep his former territory, and later served Ieyasu.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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

Japanese:

没年：慶長9.3.22(1604.4.21)
生年：天文9(1540)
戦国・安土桃山時代の武将。尾張中村の生まれで,同郷の縁で豊臣秀吉に仕えたという。室は秀吉の生母大政所(天瑞院)の妹という縁戚関係もあった。通称甚左衛門,のち播磨守を称した。天正10(1582)年,播磨姫路城の留守居役を命ぜられ,同13年,和泉岸和田城3万石を与えられた。慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦のときは長男吉政と共に留守居として西軍石田三成方であったが,関ケ原には出陣せず,大坂城にあって秀頼の補佐に当たっていたらしい。次男秀家が東軍に属し,戦功をあげたため,旧領を安堵され,のち家康に仕えた。

(小和田哲男)

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