Kazuji Nakamura

Japanese: 中村一氏 - なかむら・かずうじ

Year of death: July 17, 1600 (August 25, 1600)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Son of Kazumasa. Commonly known as Magoheiji. One of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's personal retainers, in 1573 he was given 200 koku in Nagahama, Omi. In 1573 he became the lord of Kishiwada Castle in Izumi, and the following year he was appointed Junior Fifth Rank and Shikibu Shoyu. In the same year he was given 60,000 koku in Omi and Iga, and became the lord of Minakuchi Castle in Omi. In 1585 he participated in the siege of Yamanaka Castle during the siege of Odawara, and after the battle he became the lord of Sunpu Castle with 145,000 koku. He was one of Toyotomi Hidetsugu's elders, but was not implicated in Hidetsugu's downfall. He was on the eastern side of the Battle of Sekigahara when he suddenly fell ill and died. His son Kazutada took part in the campaign in his place.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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Japanese:

没年：慶長5.7.17(1600.8.25)
生年：生年不詳
安土桃山時代の武将。一政の子。通称は孫平次。豊臣秀吉子飼いの家臣のひとりで,天正1(1573)年,近江長浜の内で200石を与えられた。同12年,和泉岸和田城主となり,翌年,従五位下,式部少輔に叙任される。同年,近江・伊賀の内で6万石を与えられ,近江水口城主となる。同18年の小田原攻めのときには山中城攻めに参加し,戦後,駿府城主14万5000石となった。豊臣秀次付きの年寄衆のひとりだったが,秀次失脚事件の連座はまぬかれている。関ケ原の戦には東軍に属したところ,突如発病し死去。子一忠が代わって参陣した。

(小和田哲男)

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