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Maeda Toshinaga

1562–1614 · 16th century

Maeda Toshinaga was a Japanese daimyo, eldest son of Maeda Toshiie and second lord of the Kaga domain. After his father's death in 1599 he submitted to Tokugawa Ieyasu and fought on his side in the Sekigahara campaign of 1600. He was rewarded with lands in Kaga, Noto and Etchu, making the Maeda the wealthiest daimyo family of the Edo period.

Maeda Toshinaga
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