Sengoku Hidehisa
| Sengoku Hidehisa | |
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Portrait of Sengoku Hidehisa
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| Komoro han | |
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In office 1585–1591 |
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| Monarch | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
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| Born | February 20, 1552 |
| Died | June 13, 1614 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Sengoku Hidehisa (仙石 秀久?, February 20, 1552 − June 13, 1614), childhood name Gonbei (権兵衛) was a samurai of the Sengoku period and the Edo era. He was the head of the Komoro Domain in Shinano Province.
Hidehisa is also credited with being the man who captured the infamous Ishikawa Goemon.
According to his family records, Hidehisa was the fourth son of his family, a low ranking samurai family in the Saito clan. He was given away to another family at a young age, but eventually his older brothers died of illness and he was recalled to inherit his family name.
Hidehisa started as a low ranking Samurai for the clan. The clan was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga and he was captured during the assault. He then became a member of the Oda clan and was ordered to serve under Kinoshita Tōkichirō (the eventual Toyotomi Hideyoshi). Hidehisa took part in most of the Oda clan's military actions afterwards. Slowly but steadily he rose up through the ranks. He participated in Hideyoshi's successful campaign in Shikoku.
In 1581, he was made the daiymo of Awaji Domain at Sumoto Castle.
However, in 1585, he was given charge to lead the campaign on Kyushu with two other daimyo: and Sogō Nagayasu. However, they were crushed in the Battle of Hetsugigawa by the Shimazu. Sogo Nagayasu perished along with Chōsokabe Motochika's heir, Nobuchika. Hidehisa was accused of charging ahead too soon and then fleeing at the first sight of trouble. After he returned to Hideyoshi, he was stripped of his title, land, and sent into exile.
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