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Horio Yoshiharu

1542–1611 · 16th century

Horio Yoshiharu was a daimyo who served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and then sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After Sekigahara his family received Izumo and Oki, and he directed the building of Matsue castle on Lake Shinji, completed in 1611, the year he died. The Horio line died out in 1633.

Horio Yoshiharu
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Matsue Domain

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