Hachisuka Yoshishige
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was a Japanese daimyo
of the Edo period
, who ruled the Tokushima Domain
. His court title was Awa no kami.
Yoshishige fought during the Siege of Osaka
at the Battle of Kizugawa
.
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
of the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
, who ruled the Tokushima Domain
Tokushima Domain
The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Awa Province and Awaji Province in Shikoku. Ruled by the Hachisuka family, it was rated at an income of 256,000 koku...
. His court title was Awa no kami.
Yoshishige fought during the Siege of Osaka
Siege of Osaka
The was a series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages , and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment...
at the Battle of Kizugawa
Battle of Kizugawa
The 1614 battle of the Kizugawa was one of a number of battles surrounding the siege of Osaka, in which the Tokugawa shogunate destroyed the Toyotomi clan, the last major opposition to its control of Japan....
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