Hirotaka Terazawa

Japanese: 寺沢広高 - てらざわ・ひろたか

Year of death: April 11, 10 (May 18, 1633)
Year of birth: 1563
A feudal lord in the early Edo period. Also known as Chujiro, Masanari, and Hirotada. Shima no Kami. Junior Fourth Rank, Lower. Eldest son of Terazawa Hiromasa. Born in Owari (Aichi Prefecture). Served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and during the Korean War that began in 1592, he was involved in the construction of Nagoya Castle, as a reserve force, arranging for military supplies and ship transfers, and entertaining peace envoys from the Ming Dynasty. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he belonged to the Eastern Army, and as a reward, he was awarded an additional 40,000 koku in the Hizen Province of Amakusa, making him a feudal lord with a total of 120,000 koku. He also served as the magistrate of Nagasaki from 1591, and worked to establish the red seal ship trade, but was dismissed from that position in 1604 due to a conflict over Portuguese ship trade. This may mean that the Terazawa clan, an outside daimyo who was Hideyoshi's personal ally, was eliminated under the Tokugawa government. Regarding the theory that Hirotaka converted to Christianity, there are some negative opinions in the records of the Society of Jesus.

(Chizuru Fukuda)

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

Japanese:

没年：寛永10.4.11(1633.5.18)
生年：永禄6(1563)
江戸初期の大名。通称忠次郎,正成,広忠ともいう。志摩守。従四位下。寺沢広正の嫡子。尾張(愛知県)生まれ。豊臣秀吉に仕え,文禄1(1592)年からの朝鮮の役では名護屋城普請,後備衆として置兵糧,船継などの差配,明の講和使節接待役に当たった。慶長5(1600)年関ケ原の戦では東軍に属し,恩賞として肥前国天草4万石を加増,都合12万石の大名となった。文禄1年から長崎奉行も兼任,朱印船貿易の創始に努めたが,慶長7年ポルトガル船貿易をめぐる対立から同役を解任された。これは秀吉子飼いの外様大名寺沢氏が,徳川政権下で排除されたことを意味していよう。なお,広高がキリスト教へ改宗したという説については,イエズス会の記録などに否定的な見解がみられる。<参考文献>松代松太郎『賢君寺沢志摩守』

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