Tsugaru Nobu - Tsugaru・Tamenobu

Japanese: 津軽為信 - つがる・ためのぶ

Year of death: December 5, 1608 (January 22, 1608)
Year of birth: Tenbun 19.1.1 (1550.1.18)
A military commander from the end of the Sengoku period to the beginning of the early modern period. Son of Takeda Morinobu, lord of Horikoshi Castle (Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture). Ukyo no Daibu. When Mitsunobu was a member of the Nanbu clan, the Oura clan, built Oura Castle (Iwaki Town, Aomori Prefecture) and used it as a foothold for advancing into the center of Tsugaru. At the age of 18, Naritsugu was adopted by his uncle, the lord of Oura Castle, Naritsugu, and assumed his title. The Nanbu clan established a district governor to govern Tsugaru, and Naritsugu, who was the assistant district governor, took advantage of the internal conflict within the Nanbu clan to unify Tsugaru by 1588. In 1581, he took part in the campaign at Odawara, and was granted permission to own Tsugaru from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, earning independence from the Nanbu clan. He also took part in the campaign to subjugate Kunohe Masazane. He sent troops to Hideyoshi, who was in Nagoya, Hizen, to dispatch troops to Korea. In Bunroku 2 (1593), he went to Kyoto and was officially granted 40,000 koku of land in Tsugaru, and was also permitted by the Konoe family to use the peony family crest and the Fujiwara surname. In 1596, he moved from Oura Castle to Horikoshi Castle. In 1600, due to his distinguished service in the Battle of Sekigahara, he was granted an additional 2,000 koku in Odate, Kozuke, bringing his total to 47,000 koku. In 1619, he attempted to visit his eldest son Nobutake, who was staying in Kyoto due to illness, but Nobutake died before he could arrive. He himself died in Kyoto. He is buried at Kashu-ji Temple in Hirosaki City.

(Kiyoo Ito)

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

Japanese:

没年：慶長12.12.5(1608.1.22)
生年：天文19.1.1(1550.1.18)
戦国末・近世初頭の武将。堀越城主(青森県弘前市)武田守信の子。右京大夫。南部の一族大浦氏が光信のとき大浦城(青森県岩木町)を築き津軽中央進出の足がかりとした。為信は18歳のとき,この伯父大浦城主為則の養子となって就封という。南部氏は郡代を置いて津軽を統治,その郡代補佐であった為信が天正16(1588)年までに南部氏内紛に乗じて津軽を統一。18年小田原に参陣し,豊臣秀吉より津軽領有の承認を得て南部氏より独立。九戸政実の討伐にも参陣。朝鮮出兵のため肥前名護屋にいた秀吉のもとへ軍勢を派遣。文禄2(1593)年上洛し,正式に津軽4万石の安堵状を得,また近衛家からも牡丹の家紋と藤原姓を名乗ることを許可された。3年大浦城より堀越城へ移る。慶長5(1600)年関ケ原の戦の功により上州大館に2000石を加増,総高4万7000石となる。12年病気で京都滞留中の長男信建を見舞おうとしたが到着前に信建は死去。自らも京都で死没。弘前市華秀寺に葬る。

(伊藤清郎)

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