Nobunaga became the lord of Nakoya Castle at a young age, but at that time his father, Nobunaga, assigned four shukuro to Nobunaga as a caretaker.
The first was Hidesada Hayashi, and Masahide Hirate, who was the main character this time, was in the position of "second chief" next.
The young Nobunaga said he was more fond of Hirate Masahide than Hayashi, and he called him "old man" and longed for him.
The relationship between the young Nobunaga and Masahide Hirate, who was called Utsuke, was like a real grandson and grandfather ...
Tragedy
Hirate Masahide has been an innkeeper since before Nobunaga's genpuku, and he has had a long relationship with him so much that he is watching over his genpuku. It was just like a ghost and a deacon, but he suddenly committed suicide in 1553, the year after Nobunaga's father Nobunaga died.
He is 63 years old.
Various speculations have been made about the reason for his suicide since ancient times, but it is said that the case of throwing Mako at the mortuary tablet at Nobuhide's funeral had a great influence.
As Nobunaga's educator, there is nothing more embarrassing.
It is also said to be a life-threatening action to correct Nobunaga's deeds. Or it is said that it was to spread the rumor that Nobunaga was sick, both domestically and internationally, and to keep the enemy off guard like the battle between Okehazama, or simply because he was disappointed by Nobunaga, and he does not see the old dogma.
According to "Nobunaga Kouki," Nobunaga wanted a horse on which Masahide Hirate's eldest son was riding, but his eldest son refused to do so, and he resented it, and the relationship between the two became worse.
When Masahide Hirate committed suicide, the Oda clan was in a state of internal conflict, and it is said that Masahide himself had a bad relationship with Hayashi, the chief shukuro, and various things may have happened. do not have.
By the way, Masahide Hirate's eldest son Goroemon died in the battle of Nagashino, which is a battle with Takeda, along with his second son, and Jinzaemon, the third son, joined the camp of Ieyasu Tokugawa in the battle of Mikatagahara, which is a battle with Shingen Takeda. He died in the war, and his daughter is the wife of Yurakusai Oda.
It seems that he had a mild-mannered personality who liked the style very much, and it is said that he organized an interview with Dosan Saito and a marriage with his daughter Nohime, and it is because this person was able to do whatever he wanted. It may have been.
Nobunaga also seems to have been shocked by the death of his favorite old man, and is unusually building a temple in Ogimura, Kasugai-gun to mourn the death.
Nobunaga, who does not believe in God and Buddha at all, would build a temple for someone.