- Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Infobox_Officeholder | name= Yamauchi Kazutoyo
nationality=Japanese
caption=Bronze statue of Yamauchi in Kochi
order=Lord of Kakegawa
term_start= 1590
term_end= 1600
predecessor= none
successor=Matsudaira Sadakatsu
order2=Lord of Tosa
term_start2= 1601
term_end2= 1605
predecessor2=Chōsogabe Morichika
successor2=Yamauchi Tadayoshi
birth_date=1546?
birth_place=Owari Province ,Japan
death_date=November 1 ,1605
death_place= Kōchi,Japan
spouse= Yamauchi Chiyonihongo|Yamauchi Kazutoyo|山内一豊 (やまうち かつとよ)| also spelled Yamanouchi (1545/1546? -
November 1 ,1605 ), was born the son ofYamanouchi Moritoyo inOwari Province at the end of theSengoku period ofJapan . Kazutoyo held the title of "Tosa no kami".Kazutoyo served under
Oda Nobunaga between from 1565 to 1582, the year Nobunaga was killed. Kazutoyo fought in theBattle of Anegawa , as well as theBattle of Nagashino . After the death of Nobunaga, Kazutoyo stayed on as a vassal underToyotomi Hideyoshi . In doing so, he was rewarded with a 50,000-"koku " fief at Kakegawa. In theBattle of Sekigahara in 1600, Kazutoyo supportedTokugawa Ieyasu , leading more than 2,000 men in that battle, and capturedGifu Castle as a result. As a reward for his achievements, Kazutoyo was given theTosa Domain . To bring certain unruly warriors of Tosa into line, Kazutoyo called on the assistance ofIi Naomasa , who sentSuzuki Hyoe for this purpose.Kazutoyo built
Kōchi Castle . His life spanned the closing years of theSengoku period , theAzuchi-Momoyama period , and the beginning of theEdo period .In drama
The 45th
NHK Taiga drama (2006) is a dramatization of the life of Kazutoyo, with his wife Chiyo as the central character. "Kōmyō-ga-tsuji: Yamauchi Kazutoyo no Tsuma" stars Nakama Yukie as Chiyo.Kamikawa Takaya plays Kazutoyo. The story is by Shiba Ryotaro.External links
* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Komyo_ga_Tsuji DramaWiki article of the NHK Taiga drama]
Further reading
*Tabata Yasuko 田端泰子. "Yamanouchi Kazutoyo to Chiyo: Sengoku bushi no kazokuzō" 山內一豊と千代 : 戦国武士の家族像. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 2005.
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