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| Tsutsui Junkei | |
| Born: | 1549 |
|---|---|
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Died: | Unknown |
| Cause of Death: | Unknown |
| Place of Death: | Unknown |
| Style name: | 筒井 順慶 |
| Served: | Tsutsui Oda Toyotomi |
| Participation(s): | Siege of Shikisan Siege of Hijiyama |
Tsutsui Junkei (筒井 順慶) was a daimyō of Yamato province and served Oda Nobunaga.
Biography[]
Tsutsui Junkei served Oda Nobunaga in the campaign against Matsunaga Hisahide and, alongside Oda Nobutada, defeated him at the Siege of Shigisan in 1577. In recognition of his service, he was granted control of Yamato Province[1] and appointed its governor. Following the surrender of the Honganji in 1580, Tsutsui was also granted Kōriyama Castle.[2]
Tsutsui Junkei additionally participated in the invasion of Iga, taking part in the Siege of Hijiyama[3] and in 1582, participated in the Oda clan’s campaign against the Takeda clan.[4]
After Nobunaga’s death, at the Battle of Yamazaki, Tsutsui Junkei responded half-heartedly to Hideyoshi's call to arms, and sat on the pass of Hora ga toge until he was sure that Hideyoshi was had the upper hand, before committing his army. ‘To sit on Hora ga toge’ has entered the Japanese language as an expression for indecision.[5] Junkei launched an attack on the already-defeated Akechi Mitsuhide. Toyotomi Hideyoshi viewed such opportunism with disfavor, and as a result, Junkei saw his revenues reduced.[6]
During the Komaki and Nagakute campaign, Tsutsui Junkei, serving under the Toyotomi forces, initiated a siege on Matsugashima castle, which lasted three weeks and resulted in the defenders being starved into submission.[7]
Sources[]
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 232
- ↑ Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic, John Whitney Hall, Nagahara Keiji (editor), Kozo Princeton, p. 191
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 232
- ↑ The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, Brill's Japanese Studies Library Volume: 36, Gyūichi Ōta, eds./trans. Jurgis S.A. Elisonas and Jeroen P. Lamers, p. 444
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 278
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 88
- ↑ Stephen Turnbull, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, p. 38