- Tokuyama Norihide
nihongo|Tokuyama Norihide|徳山則秀 (
1544 -December 21 ,1607 ) was a Japanesesamurai of theSengoku period through earlyEdo period . Born inMino Province , he first served the Saitō clan of Mino, before submitting toOda Nobunaga , who assigned him as ayoriki toShibata Katsuie . After theIkkō-ikki revolts in the Hokuriku region were subdued, Norihide was granted Matsutō Castle and a fief of 40,000koku . Norihide sided with Shibata Katsuie in theBattle of Shizugatake (1583), and lost. He then submitted toToyotomi Hideyoshi and was assigned to serve underNiwa Nagahide . After the death of Nagahide, Norihide was again reassigned, this time underMaeda Toshiie . Under Maeda command, Norihide again saw action, this time at theSiege of Suemori (1584), against the forces ofSassa Narimasa . Just before theBattle of Sekigahara (1600), Norihide left Maeda service and became a retainer ofTokugawa Ieyasu , who gave him a stipend of 5,000koku . Norihide thus became the founder of a family ofhatamoto who served the Tokugawa clan for the entirety of theEdo period .References
*ja icon [http://www.tokuyama.net/edo.htm "Edo no bakushin Tokuyama-shi" on Tokuyama.net] (19 Feb. 2008)
*ja icon [http://www.harimaya.com/o_kamon1/hatamoto/hm_to.html Brief Tokuyama family data on Harimaya.com] (19 Feb. 2008)
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