Matsuura Shigenobu

A military commander from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period. Son of Takanobu. Lord of Hirado Domain, Hizen (Nagasaki Prefecture). In 1587 (Tensho 15), he accompanied his father Takanobu when Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispatched forces to Kyushu, and served under Konishi Yukinaga during the Bunroku and Keicho Wars, achieving success. The Matsuura clan of Hirado used this war as an opportunity to strengthen and control their vassals, and grew into a modern daimyo. In the Battle of Sekigahara, he did not respond to the urging of Ishida Mitsunari and others, but instead joined the eastern army, which allowed him to retain his main territory, and he held a total of more than 63,000 koku of land, including Matsuura and Higashisonogi counties, as well as Iki. In 1609 (Keicho 14), he succeeded in attracting Dutch ships to Hirado, and the British and Dutch established trading posts in the area one after another, bringing trade to Hirado at its peak. In 1589, he shaved his head and took the name Munenobu (Muneshige), and advanced to the rank of Hoin and was ranked as the Minister of Ceremonies.

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安土(あづち)桃山～江戸初期の武将。隆信(たかのぶ)の子。肥前(ひぜん)（長崎県）平戸(ひらど)藩主。1587年（天正15）豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉の九州出兵に父隆信とともに従い、文禄(ぶんろく)・慶長(けいちょう)の役には小西行長(こにしゆきなが)に属して功をあげた。平戸(ひらど)松浦氏はこの役を契機として家臣団を強化・統制し、近世大名へと成長。関ヶ原の戦いでは石田三成(みつなり)らの催促に応ぜず東軍に属し、これにより本領を安堵(あんど)され、松浦・東彼杵(そのぎ)両郡、壱岐(いき)などをあわせ6万3000石余を領した。1609年（慶長14）蘭(らん)船の平戸誘致に成功、英・蘭が相次いで同地に商館を建て、平戸貿易の最盛期を迎えた。1589年剃髪(ていはつ)して宗信（宗静）と称し、法印に進み式部卿(きょう)に列した。

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