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| Fukushima Masanori | |
| Born: | 1561 |
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| Place of Birth: | Owari province |
| Died: | August 26, 1624 |
| Cause of Death: | Unknown |
| Place of Death: | Unknown |
| Style name: | 福島 正則 |
| Served: | Toyotomi Tokugawa |
| Participation(s): | Battle of Shizugatake Siege of Kagoshima Battle of Sekigahara - Battle of Gifu |
Fukushima Masanori (福島 正則) was a Toyotomi and Tokugawa daimyō.
Biography[]
Fukushima Masanori was one of the Seven Spears of the battle of Shizugatake in 1583, as a result of which he received the fief of Kiyosu in Owari and 200,000 Koku.[1]
During the Toyotomi conquest of Kyūshū, Masanori Fukushima participated in the Siege of Kagoshima. Together with Katō Kiyomasa and Kuroda Yoshitaka, he led his forces through concealed gully routes to support the assault and managed to thwart a Shimazu ambush.[2]
In 1595, Fukushima Masanori surrounded Toyotomi Hidetsugu with 10,000 men due to Hidetsugu's behavior, who still protested his innocence, was ordered to commit seppuku, and when the army returned to Kyoto with the news of a successful conclusion to the operation Hideyoshi ordered the arrest of Hidetsugu's wife, concubines and children, some thirty persons in all, and had them beheaded at the common execution ground.[3]
In 1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara, the Eastern army vanguard was led by Fukushima Masanori and Ii Naomasa. Fukushima Masanori captured Gifu castle for the Tokugawa and fought against the troops of Ukita Hideie.[4]
Following the Battle of Sekigahara, Fukushima Masanori was rewarded with an expansion of his domain, increasing his assessed revenue to 498,000 koku and in 1610, he undertook the reconstruction of Nagoya Castle.[5]