- Maeda Toshimasa
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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Maeda".
Maeda Toshimasa (前田 利昌 , ? – August 4, 1560) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. Also known as Toshiharu (利治), he was the son of Maeda Toshitaka. Ruled Arako Castle in Owari Province. His children included: Toshihisa (?-1583), Yasukatsu (?-1594), Toshifusa, (Sawaki) Yoshiyuki (?-1572), Hidetsugu (?-1585), Masa (given in marriage to Takabatake Sadayoshi), and the famous Maeda Toshiie (1539-1599), lord of the "Million Koku Kaga Domain". Toshimasa was a vassal of Oda Nobuhide, who nominally ruled Owari Province from his seat at Kiyosu Castle.
Maeda Toshimasa was depicted by Sugawara Bunta in the 2002 NHK historical drama Toshiie to Matsu& (利家とまつ).
Categories:- Samurai
- 1560 deaths
- Maeda clan
- Samurai stubs
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