Masaie Nagatsuka

Japanese: 長束正家 - なつか・まさいえ

Year of death: September 30, 1600 (November 5, 1600)
Year of birth: Year of birth unknown. A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Commonly known as Shinza (or Shinzaburo), he was Okura-taifu. A native of Omi Province (Shiga Prefecture), he first served Niwa Nagahide, and gradually gained important positions due to his talents in administration and finance. After Nagahide's death in April 1585, he assisted Nagahide's successor Nagashige, but was eventually employed by Hideyoshi and worked as an administrative official. He supervised the transportation of military provisions, men and horses during the Kyushu Expedition in 1582 and the Siege of Odawara in 1583, and served as the magistrate of the Taiko land survey in Omi, Echizen and other areas, and was responsible for managing the Toyotomi family's treasury and fiefs. In 1592, he shared in the construction of Hizen Nagoya Castle, and in 1593, Fushimi Castle. In June of the same year, he was appointed lord of Minakuchi Castle in Omi with a fief of 50,000 koku, which was then increased to 120,000 koku, and he was appointed chamberlain of the fourth rank. In July of 1598, he was appointed one of the five magistrates. In addition to being a magistrate, Masaie also served as a yohtsu (lower rank). In the Battle of Sekigahara in the second year of the same year, he belonged to the Western Army (the side of Ishida Mitsunari), and shortly after Tokugawa Ieyasu departed for his expedition to Aizu in June, he left Minakuchi Castle and entered Osaka Castle, and then marched to Ise together with Ankokuji Ekei to participate in the siege of Anotsu Castle. In the decisive battle on September 15, he camped at Minamiyama, and when he heard of Mitsunari's defeat, he fled to Minakuchi Castle. However, he was attacked by Ikeda Nagayoshi of the Eastern Army, and on September 30, he opened his castle and committed suicide. His head was displayed at Sanjogawara in Kyoto on October 1. His grave is in Anjoji Temple in Omi. <References> "Nagatsuka Keifu"

(Kenichi Niki)

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没年：慶長5.9.30(1600.11.5)
生年：生年不詳
安土桃山時代の武将。通称は新三(または新三郎),大蔵大輔。近江国(滋賀県)の出身で,初め丹羽長秀に仕え,行政・財務の才能を認められて漸次重用された。天正13(1585)年4月の長秀死去後は長秀の嗣子長重を補佐していたが,やがて秀吉に召し抱えられ行政吏僚として活躍。同15年の九州征討や同18年の小田原攻めでは兵糧や人馬の輸送のことを主監し,近江・越前その他で太閤検地の奉行を務め,豊臣家の蔵入や知行方の管理などを任務とした。文禄1(1592)年には肥前名護屋城,同3年には伏見城の工事を分担。同4年6月近江水口城主5万石,次いで12万石に加増され,従四位下侍従に叙任。慶長3(1598)年7月五奉行の一員に列せられる。また正家は奉行のほかに右筆をも務めていた。同5年の関ケ原の戦では西軍(石田三成方)に属し,6月に徳川家康が会津遠征に出発するとまもなく水口城を出て大坂城に入り,次いで安国寺恵瓊と共に伊勢に出陣して阿濃津城攻めに加わった。9月15日の決戦では南宮山に陣し,三成の敗北を聞くと水口城に逃れた。しかし東軍の池田長吉に攻められ,9月30日,城を開いて自害。その首は10月1日京都三条河原にさらされた。墓所は近江安乗寺にある。<参考文献>『長束系譜』

(二木謙一)

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