Moritomo Tani

Japanese: 谷衛友 - たに・もりとも

Year of death: 23 December 1628 (29 January 1628)
Year of birth: 1563
A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Son of Tani Moriyoshi of Mino. Nicknamed Jintaro, he was later appointed to the rank of Junior Fifth Rank and Dewa no Kami. He served Hideyoshi along with his father Moriyoshi, and in 1578, during the siege of Miki Castle in Harima, he was awarded an additional 6,200 koku of rice for his service in killing his father on the spot. For his service in the siege of Odawara and the Bunroku War, and for his contribution to the construction of Fushimi Castle in 1594, he was awarded 16,000 koku of rice in the Ikagoriyama family of Tanba Province (Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture). During the Battle of Sekigahara, he joined the Western Army in the siege of Tanabe Castle, but he switched sides to the Eastern Army early on, and was therefore granted his original territory.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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Japanese:

没年：寛永4.12.23(1628.1.29)
生年：永禄6(1563)
安土桃山・江戸前期の武将。美濃の谷衛好の子。通称を甚太郎といい,のち従五位下・出羽守に叙任された。父衛好と共に秀吉に仕えていたが,天正6(1578)年の播磨三木城攻めのとき,討死した父の仇をその場で討った功により6200石の加増をうけている。小田原攻め・文禄の役の功,さらに文禄3(1594)年の伏見城の工事分担の功により,丹波国何鹿郡山家(京都府綾部市)で1万6000石を領した。関ケ原の戦のとき西軍に属して田辺城攻めに加わったが,早くに東軍に寝返ったため,本領を安堵されている。

(小和田哲男)

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