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Maeda Toshiie

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1538–1599 Also known as Inuchiyō、Kaga Hyakumangoku

A famous general of Japan's Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods, senior retainer under both Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, renowned as 'Kaga Hy…

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  1. 1583–1599Kanazawa Castle · Kaga ProvinceAfter the Battle of Shizugatake he held Kaga, Noto, and Etchu, with a domain assessed at over 800,000 koku, making him one of the wealthiest tozama daimyo under the Toyotomi regime, known as 'Kaga Hyakumatsu.'
  2. 1595–1599Osaka Castle · SettsuIn his later years Toyotomi Hideyoshi established the system of Five Commissioners; Maeda Toshiie served alongside Asano Nagamasa, Ishida Mitsunari, Masuda Nagamori, and Natsuka Masaie, participating in the central administration of the Toyotomi regime and keeping it functioning during Hideyoshi's terminal illness.
  3. 1599Fushimi Castle · YamashiroHe died of illness at Fushimi in the third month of Keichō 4, entrusting his heir Maeda Toshienaga to Tokugawa Ieyasu on his deathbed; this eased the confrontation between the Eastern army and Ishida Mitsunari's faction after Hideyoshi's death and before Sekigahara, profoundly affecting the political course of the following year.

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