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Maeda Toshiie

1538–1599 · 16th century

Maeda Toshiie was a Japanese warlord of the Sengoku period and founder of the Kaga domain. A companion of Oda Nobunaga and later a leading general of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he received northern Kaga in 1583 and made Kanazawa his castle town. He served as one of Hideyoshi's Five Elders, and his family became the richest daimyo house of the Edo period.

Maeda Toshiie
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Kaga Domain

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