- Hatano Hideharu
Hatano Hideharu (波多野 秀治 "Hatano Hideharu",
1541 -June 25 ,1579 ) is the eldest son ofHatano Harumichi and the head ofHatano clan .He was a son of Harumichi but for some unknown reason, he was adopted as a son by
Hatano Motohide . Hatano clan had, from Hideharu's grandfatherHatano Tanemichi , a retainer of the powerfulMiyoshi clan andMiyoshi Nagayoshi and Hideharu had been Miyoshi's retainer as well. The reason that such a minor clan as his had attended the Emperor Ogimachi's coronation was believed to be because he had been under Nagayoshi.Hideharu became independent on 1565 after Nagayoshi died capturing
Yagami Castle which he took as the place of residence.The Hatano clan, however, was situated in the pass of
Oda Nobunaga toKyoto and after several battles, Hideharu surrendered toAkechi Mitsuhide . On 1576, Hideharu declared independence and turned against Nobunaga. Infuriated Nobunaga again ordered Mitsuhide to invadeTamba Province but Hideharu took stand in the castle and held together for three years.It is written in a record kept by
Oda clan that Mitsuhide then offered his aunt as a hostage to let Hideharu surrender with dignity and Hideharu complied knowing that he could not hold out indefinitely. However, after arriving atAzuchi Castle to offer an apology, Hideharu was executed by Nobunaga. Troop in Yagami Castle after hearing that Hideharu had been executed killed Mitsuhide's aunt. This incident strained the relationship between Nobunaga and Mitsuhide to eventually culminating in Mitsuhide killing Nobunaga atHonnō-ji in 1582. However, there is a little evidence that such events had happened and it is questionable that Mitsuhide would offer such questionable truce. Yet with Hideharu's death, no one rose to hold together Hatano clan and it disappeared completely.
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