Nabeshima Naoshige

A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. The eldest son of Nabeshima Kiyofusa, a local lord in Hizen. In the spring of 1541 (Tenbun 10), he was adopted by Chiba Tanetsura, lord of Ogi Haruke Castle, but in 1551 he left the Chiba family and returned to Saga. He later served Ryuzoji Takanobu and fought in various places, and after Takanobu was defeated and killed in a battle with the Shimazu and Arima armies in 1584 (Tensho 12), he demonstrated leadership within the Ryuzoji regime and gradually gained real power. He secured his position as the ruler of the Hizen Saga domain when Toyotomi Hideyoshi participated in the war following his order to dispatch troops to Korea. In the Battle of Sekigahara, his eldest son Katsushige joined the Western Army, so after the war, in order to keep his territory, he sought the help of the monk Genkitsu and others, and avoided confiscation by killing the Tachibana clan of Yanagawa in Chikugo. He retired in 1610 (Keicho 15). He died on June 3, 1610 (Genna 4).

[Nagano, Japan]

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安土(あづち)桃山・江戸前期の武将。肥前の土豪鍋島清房(きよふさ)の長男。1541年（天文10）春に小城晴気(おぎはるけ)城主千葉胤連(たねつら)の養子となるが、51年に千葉家を辞し佐嘉(さが)（佐賀）に帰る。のち龍造寺隆信(りゅうぞうじたかのぶ)に仕え各地を転戦、84年（天正12）に隆信が島津・有馬軍との戦いで敗死したことにより、龍造寺体制内で指導性を発揮し、しだいに実権を掌握する。豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉の朝鮮出兵令による参戦で肥前佐嘉領の統轄者としての地位を確定した。関ヶ原の戦いで嫡子勝茂が西軍に属したため、戦後、領地保持のため僧元佶(げんきつ)などを頼り、筑後(ちくご)柳河(やながわ)の立花氏を討つことで没収を免れた。1610年（慶長15）に隠居した。元和(げんな)4年6月3日没。

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