Tsugaru Nobuhira
| Tsugaru Nobuhira 津軽信枚 |
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| Born | May 9, 1586 |
| Died | February 14, 1631 (aged 44) Edo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Daimyō of Hirosaki Domain (1607-1631) |
Tsugaru Nobuhira (津軽 信枚?, May 9, 1586 – February 14, 1631) was the 2nd daimyō of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was Etchū-no-kami.
Tsugaru Noruhira was born as the 3rd son of Tsugaru Tamenobu, head of the Tsugaru clan. In 1596, along with his two elder brothers Nobutake and Nobukata, he is known to have converted to Christianity.
In 1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara he and his father sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Eastern Army, while his brother Nobutake fought on the side of Ishida Mitsunari’s Western Army. This was the same stratagem as employed by the Sanada clan to ensure the clan’s survival no matter which side won. As a reward for his services, Nobuhira was given a 2000 koku fief in Kōzuke Province. On his father’s death in 1607, he became head of the Tsugaru clan, over the objections of a faction which supported his nephew Tsugaru Kumachiyo (1600–1623), the young son of Nobutake. This was the first of many O-Ie Sōdō internal conflicts within the Tsugaru clan during the Edo period. From 1609-1611, Nobuhira rushed to complete Hirosaki Castle, demolishing other castles in his domains for buildings and materials to speed up construction. The completed castle, with its huge donjon was on a scale far larger than typical for a 47,000 koku daimyo. To secure his position vis-à-vis the Tokugawa shogunate, he married Tokugawa Ieyasu’s niece (the widow of Fukushima Masayuki), Mate-hime (1589–1638). Nobuhira already happened to be married to Tatsu-hime, the daughter of Ishida Mitsunari, and she was demoted in status to that of concubine, and exiled to the clan's small subsidiary holding in Kozuke Province.
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