Kazumasa Togawa - Sogo Kazumasa

Japanese: 十河一存 - そごう・かずまさ

Year of death: Eiroku 4.3.18 (1561.4.2)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. A military commander in the Warring States period. The fourth son of Miyoshi Motonaga and the younger brother of Nagayoshi. Born in Shozui Castle, Awa Bando County (Aizumi Town, Tokushima Prefecture). He fought in various places following Nagayoshi. He was adopted by Togawa Kageshige, lord of Togawa Castle, Sanuki Yamada County (Takamatsu City), and succeeded the Togawa clan, ruling Sanuki, which was a division of the Miyoshi clan. His bravery earned him the nickname "Demon Togawa," and in the Battle of Settsu Eguchi in June 1549 (Tenbun 18), he defeated the army of Miyoshi Masanaga, leading to the collapse of Hosokawa Harumoto's government. His own son, Yoshitsugu, was adopted by Nagayoshi and succeeded the head of the Miyoshi family, so he adopted Noriyasu, the son of Nagayoshi's younger brother Yoshikata. <References> Imaya Akira, "The Sengoku Miyoshi Clan"

(Akira Imaya)

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Japanese:

没年：永禄4.3.18(1561.4.2)
生年：生年不詳
戦国時代の武将。三好元長の4男で長慶の弟。阿波板東郡勝瑞城(徳島県藍住町)に出生。長慶に従って諸所に転戦した。讃岐山田郡十河城(高松市)城主十河景滋の猶子となって十河氏を継ぎ,三好氏分国の讃岐を支配した。その驍勇ぶりは「鬼十河」として鳴り響き,天文18(1549)年6月の摂津江口の合戦では三好政長の軍を撃破,細川晴元政権を崩壊に導く。実子義継は長慶の養子となり三好宗家を継いだので,長慶の弟義賢の子存保を養子とした。<参考文献>今谷明『戦国三好一族』

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