Hidenobu Oda

Japanese: 織田秀信 - おだ・ひでのぶ

Year of death: May 8, 1605 (June 24, 1605)
Year of birth: Tensho 8 (1580)
A military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The eldest son of Oda Nobutada. Born in Gifu Castle. His childhood name was Sanboshi. At the Kiyosu Conference held after the Honnoji Incident in June 1582, Toyotomi Hideyoshi recommended Sanboshi as the "eldest grandson of Nobunaga," and at the age of just three, he was selected as the successor to the Oda clan. He was initially detained in Gifu Castle by Oda Nobutaka, but Hideyoshi attacked Gifu Castle, recaptured Sanboshi, and placed Oda Nobukatsu in Azuchi Castle as his guardian. In the 11th year of his adulthood, Hideyoshi gave him one character of his real name, Hidenobu, and he was appointed Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade, and Chamberlain. In Bunroku 1 (1592), he became the lord of Gifu Castle and was given 130,000 koku of rice, and in Keicho 1 (1596), he was promoted to Junior Third Rank and Provincial Chunagon. In the Battle of Sekigahara in the same year, he accepted an invitation from Ishida Mitsunari to join the Western Army and barricaded himself in Gifu Castle, but on August 23, he was attacked by Fukushima Masanori and Ikeda Terumasa of the Eastern Army and surrendered. Although his life was spared, he entered Entoku-ji Temple in Kano, below the castle, shaved his head, and then went to Mount Koya, where he died.

(Tetsuo Owada)

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

Japanese:

没年：慶長10.5.8(1605.6.24)
生年：天正8(1580)
安土桃山時代の武将。織田信忠の長子。岐阜城に生まれる。幼名を三法師という。天正10(1582)年6月の本能寺の変後開かれた清洲会議において,「信長の嫡孫」ということで豊臣秀吉に推され,わずか3歳で織田家の継嗣と決められた。はじめ織田信孝によって岐阜城に抑留されたが,秀吉が岐阜城を攻め,三法師を奪い返して織田信雄を後見として安土城に入れた。同11年元服し,秀吉から諱の1字を与えられて秀信と名乗り,従四位下・侍従に叙任された。文禄1(1592)年,岐阜城主となって13万石を領し,慶長1(1596)年には従三位・権中納言に進んでいる。同5年の関ケ原の戦には石田三成の誘いをうけて西軍となり,岐阜城に籠城するが,8月23日,東軍の福島正則,池田輝政らの攻撃を受けて降服した。一命は助けられたが,城下加納の円徳寺に入って剃髪し,さらに高野山に上り,同地で没した。

(小和田哲男)

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