Hachisuka Iemasa

Japanese: 蜂須賀家政 - はちすか・いえまさ

Year of death: December 30, 15th year of the Kan'ei period (February 2, 1639)
Year of birth: Eiroku 1 (1558)
A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods, and the founder of the Awa (Tokushima) domain. Son of Hachisuka Koroku Masakatsu. Born in Hachisuka Village, Kaito County, Owari Province (Miwa Town, Aichi Prefecture). His childhood name was Koroku, and his common name was Hikoemon. He first served Oda Nobunaga, and then from 1575 (Tensho 3), Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was active as a member of Hideyoshi's horsemen in kimomori. In 1579, he was awarded 3,000 koku in Sayo County, Harima, for his achievements in the attack on the Negoro and Saika Rebellions in Kii, and the following year, he and his father Masakatsu were awarded 176,000 koku in Awa Province for their achievements in the attack on Shikoku, and entered Tokushima Castle. In 1581, he was appointed Junior Fifth Rank and Awa no Kami. He participated in the Bunroku and Keicho Invasions, and during the Keicho Invasion he rescued Asano Yukinaga at Ulsan Castle. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he belonged to the Western Army and was tasked with guarding the Osaka Kyutaromachi Bridge and defending the northern entrance to the country, but he claimed to be ill and did not march out himself, instead sending his elder retainer Aoki Hosai to march out. His son, Shizunobu, sided with the Eastern Army, and when it became clear that the Eastern Army would win, he dismissed Aoki Hosai, shaved his head, took the name Hoan, and handed over the family headship to Shizunobu. Later, Shizunobu died first, and he was ordered by the shogunate to be the guardian of his young successor, Tadahide.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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没年：寛永15.12.30(1639.2.2)
生年：永禄1(1558)
安土桃山・江戸前期の武将,阿波(徳島)藩祖。蜂須賀小六正勝の子。尾張国海東郡蜂須賀村(愛知県美和町)出身。幼名は小六,通称を彦右衛門という。はじめ織田信長,次いで天正3(1575)年から豊臣秀吉に仕え,秀吉馬廻りの黄母衣衆として活躍した。同12年,紀伊根来・雑賀一揆攻めの功により播磨佐用郡で3000石を与えられ,翌年,父正勝の四国攻めの功によって,父と共に阿波国17万6000石を与えられ,徳島城に入っている。同14年,従五位下・阿波守に叙任。文禄の役,慶長の役に参陣し,慶長の役のときには蔚山城に浅野幸長を救援した。慶長5(1600)年の関ケ原の戦では西軍に属し,大坂久太郎町橋を警固し,北国口を防御する任務を与えられていたが,自らは病気と称して出陣せず,家老青木方斎を出陣させた。子至鎮は東軍についており,東軍の勝利がはっきりした時点で青木方斎を処分し,自らは剃髪し蓬庵と号し,家督を至鎮に譲った。その後,至鎮が先に没してしまい,その跡を継いだ幼主忠英の後見役を幕府から命ぜられた。

(小和田哲男)

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