Akizuki Tanenaga
Akizuki Tanenaga | |
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秋月 種長 | |
Head of Akizuki clan | |
In office 1596–1614 | |
Preceded by | Akizuki Tanezane |
Succeeded by | Akizuki Taneharu |
Personal details | |
Born | March 17, 1567 |
Died | July 19, 1614 | (aged 47)
Children | (1600) |
Akizuki Tanenaga (秋月 種長, March 17, 1567 – July 19, 1614) was a Japanese
.In 1586, Tanenaga joined with his father to fight against Toyotomi Hideyoshi forces during the Kyūshū campaign
In 1598, Tanenaga made contributions at the
In 1600, in the Battle of Sekigahara, Tanenaga defended Ōgaki Castle on behalf of the "Western Army". However, soon after the Western Army suffered defeat, Mizuno Katsunari convinced Tanenaga to switch allegiance to the Eastern Army. Tokugawa Ieyasu rewarded Tanenaga by recognizing his territory and enabling him to become the first head of Takanabe Domain in Hyūga Province on the island of Kyushu.[1]
Tanenaga did not have a son so he adopted, Akizuki Taneharu, the son of Tanesada (son in law) and Ochō (Tanenaga’s daughter), was appointed as Tanenaga’s successor. Tanenaga died in 1614 and Taneharu inherited the clan.
References
- ^ a b Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Akizuki" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 2; retrieved 2013-5-28.
External links
- Genealogy of the Akizuki of Takanabe (in Japanese)