Mr. Kobori

Japanese: 小堀氏 - こぼりうじ

A feudal lord in the early modern period. He was born in Kobori Village, Omisaka County (present-day Nagahama City) during the Sengoku period. After the downfall of the Azai clan, Masatsugu served Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hidenaga, and after his death, he served Hideyoshi and was granted 5,000 koku in Yamato and Izumi. He was on the eastern side of the army at the Battle of Sekigahara and was granted an additional 10,000 koku in Bitchu. His son Masakazu (Enshu) inherited the estate in 1604 (Keicho 9), and was later transferred to Omi, where he served as the provincial magistrate of Bitchu and Omi, as well as the magistrate of Fushimi. He was also known as the founder of the Enshu school of tea ceremony, and showed his skill in gardening as the magistrate of construction. After that, he ruled over Komuro in Omi for generations, but in 1788 (Tenmei 8), during the reign of Masakata, he was accused of mismanagement as the magistrate of Fushimi and was stripped of his title.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世大名。戦国期，近江坂田郡小堀村(現，長浜市)より興る。浅井氏滅亡後，正次は羽柴(豊臣)秀長に属し，その死後秀吉に仕え大和，和泉に5000石を領した。関ヶ原の戦では東軍に属し備中に1万石を加増される。その子政一(遠州)は1604年(慶長9)遺領を継ぎ，のち近江に移封となり，備中･近江などの国奉行や伏見奉行を歴任した。また茶道遠州流の祖として知られ，作事奉行として造庭にも手腕を発揮した。その後，代々近江小室を領したが，1788年(天明8)政方の代に伏見奉行としての失政を問われ改易された。

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