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Fukushima Masanori
Fukushima Masanori (福島 正則; 1561 – August 26, 1624) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period and served as the lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583 and soon became known as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, alongside Katō Kiyomasa and others.
Fukushima Ichimatsu, was born in 1561, in Futatsudera, Kaitō, Owari Province (present-day Ama, Aichi Prefecture), as the eldest son of the barrel merchant Fukushima Masanobu. However, some sources suggest that Masanobu may have been his father-in-law, with his actual father believed to be Hoshino Narimasa, a cooper from Kiyosu, Kasugai, Owari Province (present-day Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture). His mother was the younger sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother, making Hideyoshi his first cousin.
As a young man, he served as a page (koshō) to Hideyoshi due to the familial connection through their mothers.
He first saw battle during the assault on Miki Castle in Harima Province from 1578 to 1580. After the Battle of Yamazaki in 1582, he was awarded a stipend of 500 koku.
At the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, he defeated Haigo Gozaemon, a prominent samurai. Masanori (Tenshō 11) had the honor of taking the first head, that of the enemy general Ogasato Ieyoshi, and received a 5,000 koku increase in his stipend for this distinction (while the other six "Spears" each received 3,000 koku). He also married Omasa.
Masanori took part in many of Hideyoshi's campaigns. However, it was after the Kyūshū Expedition in 1587 that he was made a daimyō, receiving the fief of Imabari in Iyo Province with an income rated at 110,000 koku. Soon after, he participated in the Korean Campaign, where he gained further distinction by capturing Ch'ongju in 1592. Following his involvement in the Korean campaign, Masanori was also involved in the pursuit of Toyotomi Hidetsugu.
In 1595, Masanori led 10,000 men, surrounded Seiganji Temple on Mount Kōya, and waited until Hidetsugu had committed suicide. With Hidetsugu dead, Masanori received a 90,000 koku increase in his stipend and was granted Hidetsugu's former fief of Kiyosu in Owari Province.
According to popular theory, in 1598, after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a conspiracy involving seven military generals—Fukushima Masanori, Katō Kiyomasa, Ikeda Terumasa, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Asano Yoshinaga, Katō Yoshiaki, and Kuroda Nagamasa—was planned to kill Ishida Mitsunari. The conspiracy was allegedly motivated by dissatisfaction with Mitsunari, who had written unfavorable assessments and underreported their achievements during the Imjin War against Korea and the Chinese Empire.
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Fukushima Masanori
Fukushima Masanori (福島 正則; 1561 – August 26, 1624) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period and served as the lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583 and soon became known as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, alongside Katō Kiyomasa and others.
Fukushima Ichimatsu, was born in 1561, in Futatsudera, Kaitō, Owari Province (present-day Ama, Aichi Prefecture), as the eldest son of the barrel merchant Fukushima Masanobu. However, some sources suggest that Masanobu may have been his father-in-law, with his actual father believed to be Hoshino Narimasa, a cooper from Kiyosu, Kasugai, Owari Province (present-day Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture). His mother was the younger sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother, making Hideyoshi his first cousin.
As a young man, he served as a page (koshō) to Hideyoshi due to the familial connection through their mothers.
He first saw battle during the assault on Miki Castle in Harima Province from 1578 to 1580. After the Battle of Yamazaki in 1582, he was awarded a stipend of 500 koku.
At the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, he defeated Haigo Gozaemon, a prominent samurai. Masanori (Tenshō 11) had the honor of taking the first head, that of the enemy general Ogasato Ieyoshi, and received a 5,000 koku increase in his stipend for this distinction (while the other six "Spears" each received 3,000 koku). He also married Omasa.
Masanori took part in many of Hideyoshi's campaigns. However, it was after the Kyūshū Expedition in 1587 that he was made a daimyō, receiving the fief of Imabari in Iyo Province with an income rated at 110,000 koku. Soon after, he participated in the Korean Campaign, where he gained further distinction by capturing Ch'ongju in 1592. Following his involvement in the Korean campaign, Masanori was also involved in the pursuit of Toyotomi Hidetsugu.
In 1595, Masanori led 10,000 men, surrounded Seiganji Temple on Mount Kōya, and waited until Hidetsugu had committed suicide. With Hidetsugu dead, Masanori received a 90,000 koku increase in his stipend and was granted Hidetsugu's former fief of Kiyosu in Owari Province.
According to popular theory, in 1598, after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a conspiracy involving seven military generals—Fukushima Masanori, Katō Kiyomasa, Ikeda Terumasa, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Asano Yoshinaga, Katō Yoshiaki, and Kuroda Nagamasa—was planned to kill Ishida Mitsunari. The conspiracy was allegedly motivated by dissatisfaction with Mitsunari, who had written unfavorable assessments and underreported their achievements during the Imjin War against Korea and the Chinese Empire.