Tachibana Muneshige
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Tachibana Muneshige | |
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| 立花宗茂 | |
 Tachibana Muneshige | |
| Head of Tachibana clan | |
| In office 1581–1642 | |
| Preceded by | Tachibana Dōsetsu |
| Succeeded by | Tachibana Tadashige |
| Lord of Tanagura | |
| In office 1603–1620 | |
| Succeeded by | Niwa Nagashige |
| Lord of Yanagawa | |
| In office 1620–? | |
| Preceded by | Tanaka Tadamasa |
| Succeeded by | Tachibana Tadashige |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Senkumamaru (千熊丸) December 18, 1567 |
| Died | November 15, 1643 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | |
Tachibana Muneshige (立花宗茂, December 18, 1567 – November 15, 1643), known in his youth as Senkumamaru (千熊丸) and alternatively called Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎), was a
He was the eldest biological son of Takahashi Shigetane, a senior retainer of Ōtomo clan.[1] He was adopted by Tachibana Dōsetsu,[1] and later married his daughter Tachibana Ginchiyo, succeeding the Tachibana clan.
In 1600, at
He participated in the Siege of Osaka (1614-1615) and later he was brought back to the former territory, Yanagawa.[1]
In 1637, Muneshige served in the shogunate army during the Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638), a revolt involving mostly Japanese peasants, most of them Catholics. He was then given a small territory in Tanagura.[1]
Muneshige in popular culture
See People of the Sengoku period in popular culture.
Honours
- Junior Third Rank (November 10, 1915; posthumous)
Notes
References
Further reading
- Genjō Sanjin. Kyūshū sengokushi: Bekki gundan. Tōkyō: Rekishi Toshosha, 1978. OCLC 70792159
- Kawamura, Tetsuo. Tachibana Muneshige. Fukuoka-shi: Nishi Nihon Shinbunsha, 1999. OCLC 44470864
- Nakano, Hitoshi. Tachibana Muneshige. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2001. OCLC 46390748
- Tachibana, Muneshige, and Tōun Hasegawa. Ehon hōkan. Setsuyō [Osaka]: Kankidō Shigeyuki, 1688. OCLC 26843338
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