Masuda Nagamori

Japanese: 増田長盛 - ました・ながもり

Year of death: May 27, 1615 (June 23, 1615)
Year of birth: Tenbun 14 (1545)
A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Commonly known as Niemon. There are two theories about his birthplace: Masuda Village, Nakajima County, Owari Province, and Masuda District, Azai County, Omi Province. He served Hideyoshi, and initially received 200 koku, which was increased to 20,000 koku for his military achievements in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584, and the following year he was appointed to the rank of Uemon-no-jo and Junior Fifth Rank. Like Ishida Mitsunari and others, he was more skilled in domestic affairs than in military affairs, and served as a land survey magistrate. During the Bunroku Invasion, he traveled to Korea, where he took control of administrative and military affairs, and in 1595, after the death of Toyotomi (Hashiba) Hideyasu, he was given Yamato Koriyama Castle, which had been Toyotomi Hideyasu's residence, and was given a fief of 200,000 koku. At this time, he was said to have been appointed to the rank of Chamberlain and Junior Fourth Rank. In 1598, he became one of the five magistrates along with Ishida Mitsunari and others, and played a central role in assisting Hideyori after Hideyoshi's death. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1592, he belonged to the Western Army and served as a caretaker of Osaka Castle with 3,000 soldiers. He also sent his vassal Takada Kozaemon to Sekigahara with soldiers, but at the same time, he appeared to be an ally of both the East and the West, reporting the situation inside Osaka Castle to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was on the Eastern Army. In fact, Takada Kozaemon did not actually take part in the actual battle at Sekigahara. After the battle, Nagamori sent a messenger to Ieyasu to ask for his surrender, but Ieyasu did not allow it, confiscated his land, and exiled him to Mount Koya. He was later entrusted to Takachika Kiyonaga, lord of Musashi Iwatsuki Castle, but in 1615, during the Summer Siege of Osaka, he found out that Komoritsugu was on the Osaka side, and was forced to commit suicide.

(Tetsuo Owada)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：元和1.5.27(1615.6.23)
生年：天文14(1545)
安土桃山・江戸前期の武将。通称仁右衛門。生地については,尾張国中島郡増田村説と近江国浅井郡益田郷説がある。秀吉に仕え,はじめ200石,天正12(1584)年の小牧・長久手の戦の戦功で2万石に加増され,翌年従五位下・右衛門尉に叙任された。軍事より,石田三成らと同じく内政に堪能で,検地奉行などを務めている。文禄の役では朝鮮に渡り,行政および軍務を掌握し,文禄4(1595)年,豊臣(羽柴)秀保の死後,その居城であった大和郡山城を与えられ,20万石を領した。このとき,従四位下・侍従に叙任されたという。慶長3(1598)年,石田三成らと共に五奉行となり,秀吉没後の秀頼補佐の中心的役割を担う。同5年の関ケ原の戦には西軍に属し,兵3000で大坂城の留守居を務め,また,関ケ原に家臣の高田小左衛門に兵をつけて送っているが,その一方で東軍徳川家康に大坂城内の様子を伝えるなど東西双方に味方をする形をとっていた。事実,高田小左衛門は関ケ原では実戦に加わっていない。戦後,長盛は家康に使者を送って降を請うたが,家康は許さず,所領没収の上,高野山に追放した。のち武蔵岩槻城主,高力清長に預けられたが,元和1(1615)年の大坂夏の陣のとき,子盛次が大坂方にあったことがわかり,自刃させられている。

(小和田哲男)

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