When I heard Mr. Shimazu, Tensho-in Atsushi at the end of the Edo period. Dad Shimazu Nariakira I think there are many people who remember.
This Shimazu Nariakira Is 11th Satsuma feudal lord It was, but today I would like to introduce Yoshihiro Shimazu Is Iehisa Shimazu, the first feudal lord I will be my father.
Yoshihiro is considered to be the hero of Satsuma during the Warring States period. He fought bravely and bravely, [ Onishimazu ] Had a nickname. He is also said to have been deeply affectionate for his family.
Birth of Yoshihiro Shimazu
Yoshihiro Shimazu On July 23, 1535, Takahisa Shimazu Born as the second son of. His brother is the 16th head of the family, Yoshihisa Shimazu Besides, Toshihisa, Iehisa And had an excellent brother. Mr. Shimazu was a guardian daimyo during the Muromachi period, and was a guardian of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hinata.
1536 The Shimazu family around that time was Shimazu Sanehisa . I was in a power struggle with. With the success of his grandfather Tadayoshi and his father, Takahisa's parents and children, he won the power struggle of the Shimazu family and unified the whole family.
Takahisa Shimazu, who took control of Satsuma, moved his base to the inner castle of Kagoshima in 1550.
1554 , Shimazu Yoshihiro fought with his father Takahisa, brother Yoshihisa, and younger brother Toshihisa at Iwatsurugi in the western part of Osumi. It will be.
1557 He is the first to raise the rank of the enemy when he attacks Mr. Gamo of Osumi. At this time, he himself received arrows in five places on his armor and Yoshihiro was seriously injured.
1560 In addition, Yoshihiro was adopted and entered Obi Castle in order to help Tadachika Shimazu, who had been requested for reinforcements after being attacked by Yoshisuke Ito of Hyuga Province, but the adoption was blank because the castle fell. Since then, Yoshihiro has made Iino Castle his residence.
1566 When his father, Takahisa Shimazu, retired and handed over the family to his brother, Yoshihisa Shimazu, Yoshihiro became a good assistant to his brother, Yoshihisa, and made a great contribution to the expansion of the Shimazu family.
Battle of Kizakihara and the breakthrough of the Shimazu family
1571 When his father, Takahisa, died, Yoshisuke Ito of Hyuga Province Will advance to Iino Castle. Yoshihiro is also seriously injured due to this.
In 1572, when the wounds healed, Yoshisuke Ito's younger brother, Sukeyasu, attacked with 3000 soldiers, and with only 300 soldiers, Yoshihiro Shimazu was a traditional strategy of Shimazu after making full use of his strategy. [ Fishing field prone ] I want to repel. This battle is called the Battle of Kizakihara and is Kyushu's tub . It will be a battle that will be a turning point in the Kyushu region.
In 1577, he succeeded in expelling Yoshisuke Ito from the country of Hyuga. Yoshisuke will go to Bungo Sorin Otomo for help.
Bungo's Otomo Sorin in 1578 Will march with a large army of 30,000. I will hit it with his brother Yoshihisa. This Battle of Mimigawa Then, by pinching from three sides, more than 3,000 people were killed on the Otomo side, the cause of the decline of the Otomo family . I made.
In 1581, Sagara, the guardian of Higo, was repatriated, and in 1585, Aso of Yatsushiro was surrendered. strong> I gave it up.
In 1586, while advancing the Otomo territory of Bungo, Hizen bear, Ryuzoji Takanobu In Shimabara, control the entire Kyushu region except Chikuzen and Bungo The Shimazu clan is a 560,000 stone daimyo It was.
Sorin Otomo, who was attacked by Yoshihiro and others, is Toyotomi Hideyoshi . I obeyed and asked for help.
In 1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who received a request for reinforcements from Sorin Otomo, collided with the Kyushu Conquest Army (Hidenaga Toyotomi, Kanbei Kuroda, Takatora Todo) at Hinata Nejirozaka . Did.
At this time, Yoshihiro himself fought hard, such as boarding the enemy's camp, but the Shimazu army was 35,000 against the 100,000 Toyotomi army, Tadachika Shimazu, Nobumitsu Saruwatari . Will be killed in action and rout.
Lost Yoshihisa Shimazu Lose his fighting spirit and surrenders to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. However, even after surrendering, Yoshihiro insists on a thorough fight, but in response to the hard persuasion of his brother Yoshihisa, Yoshihiro's child Shimazu Hisayasu Yoshihiro also surrenders by presenting the hostage. Hideyoshi recognized the territorial relief of Osumi and was treated as a daimyo of the same rank as his brother, Yoshihisa Shimazu.
At the same time, Yoshihiro Shimazu was handed over by his brother to become the 17th head of the Shimazu family.
However, this seems to be a nominal matter, and Yoshihisa continued to take control of Shimazu's politics and military. There seems to be a theory that Hideyoshi treated his younger brother Yoshihiro as the main purpose for the purpose of dividing the power of the Shimazu clan.
Onishimazu and Korean troops
In 1588, when Yoshihiro Shimazu went up, he was given the character of Hashiba and the real surname of Toyotomi, but his brother Yoshihisa had only the surname of Hashiba. It goes without saying that due to this difference in the treatment of Hideyoshi, the Yoshihiro and Yoshihisa brothers were a little confused.
As time passed, Yoshihiro went to Korea to participate in both the role of Bunroku in 1592 and the role of Keicho in 1597 when Hideyoshi's dispatch to Korea was announced.
On the battlefield, he was active in repelling 30,000 troops with only 7,000, and from Korea and the Ming army [ Onishi Manko . ] ( Guy Seamans ) It is said that it was feared in the local book. However, with this Korean troop dispatch, the child Shimazu Hisayasu Will die of illness in Korea, where he was sent.
Due to this success in Korea, the Shimazu family will receive an increase of 50,000 stones, but Yoshihiro will leave the house and [ Shinsai ] Is called.
Yoshihiro Shimazu's withdrawal from Sekigahara
Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies in 1598 And Yoshihiro Shimazu Was in a neutral position, but in the Shimazu clan, anti-Hideyoshi brother Yoshihisa And Yoshihiro Hideyoshi A subtle air flows through the vassals ..
In 1600, Ieyasu Tokugawa conquers Aizu to defeat Uesugi Kagekatsu At the request of Ieyasu Tokugawa, Yoshihiro heads for Fushimi Castle with 1000 troops, but when the castle owner Torii Mototada refuses to enter the castle, Yoshihiro decides to join the Western Army.
However, Shimazu Hontai's mobilization authority is his brother Yoshihisa It seems that only a few soldiers from Osaka could be mobilized because they were there. Yoshihiro asks for reinforcements under his brother, but Kunimoto does not move. Therefore, only a small amount of force can be taken, and Mitsunari Ishida and others look at it and disregard it, and in the outpost battle, they abandon the Shimadzu corps or reject Yoshihiro's plan.
Ishida Mitsunari's rude attitude made Yoshihiro stand up as a back army in Sekigahara, but he didn't move in the war. Even if Mitsunari Ishida's vassal requested to go out as a messenger, [ Yasoshima, a vassal, did not disembark and asked for help ] I am turning back.
Besides, Mori Hidemoto, Kikkawa Hiroie, Ankokuji Ekei, Natsuka Masaie, Chosokabe Morichika Daimyo such as Hideaki Kobayakawa, Yasuharu Wakisaka, Mototsuna Kutsuki, Suketada Ogawa, Naoyasu Akaza In the end, they turned over to the East Army, and Mitsunari Ishida, Yukinaga Konishi, Yoshitsugu Otani, Hideie Ukita Will be totally collapsed.
At this time, Yoshihiro Shimazu Tried to seppuku because his retreat was blocked, but his nephew Toyohisa Shimazu I will break through the enemy in front of me after being persuaded by.
Tokugawa's Naomasa Ii, Tadakatsu Honda, Tadayoshi Matsudaira However, Shimazu Yoshihiro and Toyohisa barely use a spectacular withdrawal tactic in which several people stay and stop the enemy until they die, and when it is wiped out, a new stalemate is left. Successful withdrawal.
It is said that only 80 people returned alive.
This retreat drama is [ Shimazu's exit ] And made Yoshihiro's name roar all over the country.
Yoshihiro, who escaped to Satsuma, will live in Sakurajima to show his will to Ieyasu Tokugawa.
Naomasa Ii and Masanobu Honda Ieyasu Tokugawa ordered the Shimazu Subjugation Army to the attitude of the Shimazu clan, who refused to request the appearance of the head of the family and continued to strengthen their armaments, even though they made an arrangement with Ieyasu Tokugawa. To do.
The Tokugawa army is Kiyomasa Kato, Kanbei Kuroda, Nagamasa Kuroda 30,000 soldiers headed, but Shimadzu's main force was not sent to Sekigahara, so it is still alive and stalemate continues.
In the long-term war, the Tokugawa clan withdrew and was pardoned in 1602 because there was a risk of rebellion elsewhere, and Shimazu became the only relieved lord of the Western Army.
Summary with Yoshihiro Shimazu's later years
Yoshihiro Shimazu loved the tea ceremony and was also a disciple of Sen no Rikyu. He is also a worshiper of the gods and Buddha, and he also holds a memorial service for both armies in the role of Korea on Mt. Koya.
It seems that Yoshihiro Shimazu was in close contact with the master and the slave, and together he was warming up in the hearth. This kind of attention was so loved by his vassals that when he died in 1619 at the age of 85, 13 vassals died.
In addition, he seems to have been a beloved wife, and it is said that he was a person full of humanity who cherishes his family.
Kenshin Uesugi, who has participated in 53 battles throughout his life and boasts a number of non-standard martial arts, is also a deep blue war god, and instead of his brother who protects his home country, he stretches his body to expand the territory of the Shimazu family in Kyushu. I've been working hard.
But not only that ...
- A first-class cultural person who excels in medicine, tea ceremony, and scholarship
- A benevolent personality who offers offerings without distinguishing between enemies and allies
- Family-loving wife
- A mirror of a prince who respected his brother Yoshihisa at all times
- In the Korean troops, the demon of the unrivaled world that made the enemy say Oni Shimazu
- After all, he died at the age of 85 with a longevity that was rare in this era
Yoshihiro Shimazu, a famous warlord in the Warring States period, was a perfect person, and he was respected by war hawks like Masanori Fukushima because of his personality.