Yasuyuki Matsui

Japanese: 松井康之 - まつい・やすゆき

Year of death: January 23, 1612 (February 24, 1612)
Year of birth: Tenbun 19.11.1 (1550.12.8)
A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. His father was Masayuki and his mother was the daughter of Arakawa Suminobu. He was a close attendant to Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru. After Yoshiteru's assassination, he fled to Omi with Hosokawa Fujitaka (Yusai) and met him. In September 1568, he was instrumental in Fujitaka's recovery of Seiryu-ji Temple in Yamashiro, and with Yoshiaki's help, he became Fujitaka's guest. When Fujitaka was given the Tango domain in 1580, he became a chief retainer alongside Fujitaka's second son Nagaoka (Hosokawa) Okimoto, and then the castle lord of Kumi. In 1581, he was awarded a waistcoat by Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi for his achievements in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, and the following year he was assigned 13 koku of land in Yamashiro Yasemura as his maternal share. In 1585, he participated in the siege of Odawara with Fujitaka's eldest son Tadaoki. In Bunroku 1 (1592), he accompanied Tadaoki to Korea, where he distinguished himself in the capture of Jinju Castle. Hideyoshi offered him direct vassalage and half of the province of Iwami, but he firmly declined, citing his gratitude to Yusai and his son. In Keicho 5 (1600), when Tadaoki obtained 60,000 koku in Bungo Province, he was put in charge of Kitsuki Castle in the same province, and after the Battle of Sekigahara, when Tadaoki was granted Buzen Province as well, he was given 25,000 koku and became a chief retainer. He was a senior disciple of Sen no Rikyu, and also excelled in the tea ceremony. <References> Hosokawa Morisada, "Hosokawa Yusai," "Watako Shuroku," Vol. 1

(Haruo Ishida)

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没年：慶長17.1.23(1612.2.24)
生年：天文19.11.1(1550.12.8)
安土桃山時代の武将。父は正之,母は荒川澄宣の娘。将軍足利義輝の近習。義輝の暗殺後,その弟義昭に伴って逃れた近江で細川藤孝(幽斎)と知り合う。永禄11(1568)年9月,藤孝の山城青竜寺奪回に功あり,義昭の口添えで藤孝の客分となる。天正8(1580)年藤孝が丹後を与えられると藤孝の次男長岡(細川)興元と並んで家老となり,次いで久美城代となった。同12年の小牧・長久手の戦の功では羽柴(豊臣)秀吉より腰物を下され,翌年母方分料として山城八瀬村13石をあてがわれる。同18年,藤孝の長男忠興と共に小田原攻めに参加。文禄1(1592)年,忠興に従って朝鮮に渡り,晋州城攻略に功あり,秀吉より直参,石見半国の申し出を受けるが,幽斎父子への恩を理由に固辞。慶長5(1600)年忠興が豊後国6万石を得ると同国杵築城を預かり,関ケ原の戦ののち,忠興が豊前国をも拝領すると,2万5000石を与えられ,家老となった。千利休の高弟で,茶道にも優れた。<参考文献>細川護貞『細川幽斎』,『綿考輯録』1巻

(石田晴男)

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