Hiraiwa Chikayoshi

Hiraiwa Chikayoshi (平岩 親吉, 1542 – February 1, 1611) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. He ruled the Inuyama Domain. According to legend, he was involved in a 1611 plot by Tokugawa Ieyasu to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyori, son and intended successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, through use of a poisoned manjū. Though the story has been historically discounted, it remains immortalized in a kabuki play.

In 1576, he assassinate Mizuno Nobumoto, on the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who in turn instructed the assassination on the base that Nobumoto were conspiring with the enemies.^[1]

References

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.

1. ^ Watanabe Daimon (2023). "平岩親吉が泣く泣く水野信元を斬り捨てた事情". Yahoo Japan Experts (in Japanese). 渡邊大門 無断転載を禁じます。 © LY Corporation. Retrieved 18 June 2024.