Naoyuki Hanawa

A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Also known as Naotsugu or Naoyuki. Commonly known as Danemon. He was a retainer of Kato Yoshiaki and was in charge of the gun unit as a head of the clan. He participated in the Bunroku-Keicho War (1592-1598) as a naval force and was active in capturing enemy ships. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 (Keicho 5), he left his master and served Kobayakawa Hideaki, Matsudaira Tadayoshi, and Fukushima Masanori, but Yoshiaki's interference was too strong and he was unable to achieve his goals. Finally, to avoid prosecution, he entered Myoshinji Temple in Kyoto and took the name Tetsugyu. In the Winter Siege of Osaka in 1814, he entered the castle and served under Harunaga Ono, and in the Summer Siege of the following year, on April 29th, he fought against the forces of Nagaakira Asano at Kashii, Izumi (Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture) and was killed in battle. His grave is in the small village of Motoyama in the same area.

[Yoshihisa Sasa]

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安土(あづち)桃山時代の武将。直次、尚之ともいう。通称団（弾）右衛門(だんえもん)。加藤嘉明(よしあき)の家臣で物頭(ものがしら)として鉄砲組を預かったという。文禄(ぶんろく)・慶長(けいちょう)の役（1592～98）には水軍として参加し、敵の番船を捕獲するなどの活躍をした。1600年（慶長5）関ヶ原の戦いののち主家を去り、小早川秀秋(こばやかわひであき)、松平忠吉(ただよし)、福島正則(まさのり)に仕えたが、嘉明の干渉が強く成就せず、ついに追及を避けるため京都妙心寺に入寺し鉄牛(てつぎゅう)と称した。14年の大坂冬の陣に入城して大野治長(はるなが)に属し、翌年夏の陣には、4月29日浅野長晟(ながあきら)の軍勢と和泉(いずみ)樫井(かしい)（大阪府泉佐野市）で戦い、戦死した。墓は同地の小字本山(もとやま)にある。

［佐々悦久］

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