In the Warring States period, there used to be an image that loyalty was valued and I couldn't serve the two, but since I started writing this blog, I can see that there are quite a few other people who have changed their lords.
However, it wasn't the case that I was changing jobs to another house in my own mood, and there was a reason for that person. There are various reasons, such as those whose lord's house is destroyed and who are obedient or who receive unfavorable treatment.
The situation for the main character, Kazumasa Ishikawa, is a little complicated, and I couldn't find a clear reason to change jobs from the Tokugawa family, and one day he suddenly changed jobs to the Toyotomi family. Why are the people and researchers around you? And tilting his head.
Ieyasu Tokugawa was fair to his vassals! !!
The Tokugawa family, led by Ieyasu, had many talented vassals.
It was a little different from Nobunaga Oda and Hideyoshi Toyotomi, but Ieyasu seemed to have many of the remnants of the clan who had destroyed himself. On top of that, it was said that the treatment of vassals was fair and that even in the Tokugawa family, the Mikawa samurai were particularly united.
However, the Mikawa samurai corps, which has a high degree of cohesion, has sent out a priest.
That was the main character, Kazumasa Ishikawa, who climbed up to the chief retainer of the Tokugawa family, Nishi-Mikawa, and left to Hideyoshi Toyotomi despite the strong confidence of Ieyasu.
Kazumasa Ishikawa, who was good at diplomatic ability
Okubo (Tadayoshi) Hikozaemon wrote [ Mikawa Monogatari According to [ Kazumasa Ishikawa flutters his beard in the wind, and puts Waka-kun in front of the saddle (...) It is written as.
1560 Yoshimoto Imagawa in the Okehazama Was defeated and became independent from the Imagawa family, but his son Nobuyasu and Seishitsu Lady Tsukiyama were held hostage under Imagawa Ujizane. It was Kazumasa Ishikawa who engaged in hostage negotiations with the Imagawa clan in such a dilemma that even if he tried to attack the weakened Imagawa clan, he could not move if there was a hostage.
Then, the appearance of safely rescuing the two and returning to Okazaki Castle is [ Mikawa Monogatari ] It is written in.
Kazumasa Ishikawa's position in the Tokugawa family
Mr. Ishikawa is [Mr. Seiwa Genji] The grandson of Minamoto no Yoshiie [ Yoshiki ] Has lived in Ishikawa-go, Kawachi Province, so [ Mr. Ishikawa ] Is said to have started. After that, Mr. Ishikawa moved to Mikawa and began to serve the Matsudaira family for generations.
Kazumasa also served Ieyasu in the same way, and Mr. Ishikawa was a veteran of the Tokugawa vassals, and when Ieyasu was offered hostage to Yoshimoto Imagawa, 28 attendants As one of them, Kazumasa also follows.
After that, Ieyasu, who became independent from Mr. Imagawa, formed an alliance with Nobunaga Oda, and it was Kazumasa Ishikawa who also held hostage negotiations with Mr. Imagawa. ] Will be taken over from his father, Ienari.
He was active as a messenger in many negotiations, but ironically, his mission led to his encounter with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi loves not only women but also talented people!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi is known as a big woman lover, but in fact, when he meets not only women but also talented people, even a senior vassal of another family will [invite]. It's head hunting.
His scouting history is unscrupulous, and he is calling out not only to Kazumasa Ishikawa but also to Tadakatsu Honda, such as the Date clan's chief retainer, Tsunakei Katakura, the Uesugi clan, Kanetsugu Naoe, Takakage Kobayakawa, and Muneshige Tachibana. The members were receiving Hideyoshi's head hunting.
Also, if there is a human resource you want, you can pretend to be a gift attack.
Encounter between Kazumasa Ishikawa and Hideyoshi Toyotomi
In this article, Kazumasa Ishikawa, but the first encounter with Hideyoshi was when Hideyoshi fought against Katsuie Shibata over Nobunaga's post [ Battle of Shizugatake . ] It was a victory celebration seat. 1583 It was Kazumasa Ishikawa himself who Ieyasu Tokugawa sent to Hideyoshi as a messenger at this celebration.
According to one theory, it is said that scouting has already begun at this time, but the truth is uncertain. 1584 Ieyasu Tokugawa and Hideyoshi Hashiba [ Battle of Komaki and Nagakute ], The curtain was closed with incomplete combustion by Oda Nobuyuki's original peace, and Kazumasa Ishikawa is also in charge of the negotiator of postwar processing.
The following year, November 1585 Suddenly, Kazumasa Ishikawa Is Ieyasu Tokugawa I went to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
The reason for Kazumasa Ishikawa's Tokugawa family's departure
It seems that many historical writers are funny and dramatized because the reason for their departure is that they are still speculative.
With that in mind, there are currently two major theories.
The limit was between Ieyasu Tokugawa and Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
This is the theory that Ieyasu and Hideyoshi were exhausted and went out after being sandwiched between the boards.
In short, it is said that Kazumasa simply gave up on Ieyasu and attached to Hideyoshi. This includes [ Battle of Komaki and Nagakute ] So, it is said that Kazumasa gradually became isolated due to the clash of opinions between those who had a decisive battle with Hideyoshi and those who did not.
In addition, when Hideyoshi requested Ieyasu to go to Joraku, Kazumasa was often dispatched as a dead person on the Ieyasu side, and he was gradually exhausted and became a source of Ieyasu in a situation where he could not achieve results just by going back and forth on the Tokaido. I left.
Infiltrate the Toyotomi family as a spy at the order of Ieyasu
The other is the theory that he became a vassal as a spy of the Toyotomi clan at the behest of Ieyasu Tokugawa.
In other words, Kazumasa did not betray Ieyasu and may have gone to the Toyotomi family with mutual agreement. It seems that many of us history lovers are pushing this spy theory because the reason for the clear departure remains a mystery.
Caused by Ieyasu's shadow warrior
There is a theory that Ieyasu's shadow warrior, Jiro Saburo Saburo Motonobu, used his position to kill Nobuyasu and take over the Matsudaira (Tokugawa) family.
According to this theory, Ieyasu died unexpectedly in some way, and Motonobu Serada was replaced by a monarch for the survival of the Matsudaira clan. He believed that Nobuyasu, who was the heir, would succeed the Tokugawa clan, but when he was executed in response to Nobunaga's request for execution, Kazumasa, who had a strong loyalty to Ieyasu and the Matsudaira clan, was fierce. It is said that he was angry and was angry.
This theory is denied because it seems to have a lot of creative parts, but am I the only one who finds it a little interesting as a story?
The more you think about it, the deeper the mystery ...
The cohesiveness of the Mikawa vassals was strong, but it is said to be the great crisis of Ieyasu Tokugawa [ Ikko-ikki of Mikawa ] Then, as a result, the vassals were torn into two. Many of the vassals are Ikko-shu sect, and Masazumi Honda , who was also said to be a friend of Ieyasu. Even so, I turned over to the anti-Ieyasu side.
Still, Tadakatsu Honda Showed loyalty to follow Ieyasu even after conversion. And although Kazumasa Ishikawa was also a disciple, he didn't get on the side of Ikki. Is it possible to simply betray Ieyasu while having loyalty to Ieyasu that surpasses that faith? The question remains.
Also, in the battle between Komaki and Nagakute, Kazumasa Ishikawa Is Komaki Castle Absence Is entrusted with.
The main role of keeping the castle in the absence of the lord in this important battle is a person who can place absolute trust . I have to. Moreover, if you communicate with the enemy [Hideyoshi], you will lose the battle immediately ...
It was Kazumasa Ishikawa who was assigned the role of absentee during such a battle and was in charge of the negotiations after the war, so Ieyasu Tokugawa and Kazumasa Ishikawa must have been a fateful community. Ieyasu, the raccoon father, shouldn't miss the possibility of betrayal ...
The more I think about the above, the more the spy theory comes.
You can't do half-hearted things because you spy on a person like Hideyoshi. Therefore, I think that he took the plunge and became a direct vassal of Hideyoshi, and played a role in supporting Ieyasu Tokugawa as a vassal of the Toyotomi clan.
Among the descendants of Kazumasa Ishikawa ...
Finally, let's touch on the contents of the book written by the descendants of Kazumasa Ishikawa.
As for Ieyasu, no one in Okazaki says bad things.
However, Hideyoshi Taiko was not often mentioned. Kazumasa left Ieyasu and went to Hideyoshi, so I wonder why. If Ieyasu Tokugawa was dissatisfied with his departure, it is possible that something had been communicated to our descendants. However, it is said that Hideyoshi was actually saying badly.
In short, it seems that the descendants think that there was something wrong with their departure.
After all, did Kazumasa Ishikawa go to the Toyotomi family at the expense of himself?
This story alone seems to make a drama, but let's have fun and expand our imagination by saying that the truth is in the hearts of Hideyoshi, Ieyasu, and Kazumasa.