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Matsunaga Hisahide

d. 1577 · 16th century

Matsunaga Hisahide was a Japanese warlord of the Sengoku period who rose in the service of Miyoshi Nagayoshi to become one of the most powerful men in the Kinai. After Nagayoshi's death he fought the Miyoshi elders, and troops under his son took part in killing the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru in 1565. He later submitted to Oda Nobunaga, rebelled twice and died in 1577 when his castle of Shigisan fell.

Matsunaga Hisahide
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Miyoshi clan domain

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