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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): | Toyotomi's Invasion of Kyushu Battle of Sekigahara |
Fukushima Masanori was born in 1561.
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]
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.[2]
In 1600, Fukushima Masanori captured Gifu castle for the Tokugawa and fought at Sekigahara where he opposed the troops of Ukita Hideie.[3]
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