Shibata Katsuie

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Shibata Katsuie 柴田勝家

(1522 – June 14, 1583) or Gonroku (権六) was a Japanese military commander during the Sengoku Period who served Oda Nobunaga.



Katsuie was born in the village of Kamiyashiro(present-day Meitō-ku, Nagoya), a branch of the Shiba clan (who descended from the Ashikaga clan, and were the former suzerains of the Oda clan). Note the differences between Shibata (柴田), Shiba (斯波), and the Shibata clan of Echigo (新発田).
. . . In 1575, after gaining control of Echizen, he took command of Kitanosho Castle (Hokujō) and was ordered to conquer the Hokuriku region.

He married O-Ichi　お市, sister of Oda Nobunaga and took care of her three daughters.

His death poem was:

Fleeting dream paths,
in the summer night!
O bird of the mountain,
carry my name
beyond the clouds.

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Katsuie, O-Ichi and the three daughters

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O-Ichi and her first beloved husband, Nagamasa


Oichi (お市) or Oichi-no-kata (お市の方)
(1547–1583) a female historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She is known primarily as the mother of three daughters who married well –
Yodo-dono, Ohatsu and Oeyo (O-Go).

Following Nobunaga's conquest of Mino in 1567, in an effort to cement an alliance between Nobunaga and rival warlord Azai Nagamasa, Nobunaga arranged for Oichi, then twenty years old, to marry Nagamasa. Their marriage was through political means, ensuring an alliance between the Oda and the Azai clans.
... Oichi remained with her husband at Odani Castle throughout the conflict, even after Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a trusted vassal of Nobunaga at the time, began laying siege to the castle. When Odani was surrounded,
Nobunaga requested that his sister be returned to him before the final attack.
Nagamasa agreed, sending out Oichi and her three daughters.
Nagamasa had no hope of winning, and chose to commit seppuku.
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Nobunaga's third son arranged for his aunt Oichi to marry Katsuie in order to ensure his loyalty to the Oda clan.
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As Hideyoshi's army lay siege to the castle, Katsuie implored Oichi to flee with her daughters and seek Hideyoshi's protection. Oichi refused, insisting on dying with her husband after their daughters were sent away.
The couple reportedly died in the castle's flames.
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Shibata Jinja 柴田神社 Shibata Shrine




Amulet for good luck with children.
Depicting the three daughters of O-Ichi.

Chacha (Yodo Dono), Hatsu and O-Go 茶々・初・江与の三姫

There is a special shrine for the Three Sisters in the compound.
三姉妹神社




Amulet for the brave soldiers following their master
shingi tesshin 信義徹誠 （ しんぎてっしん ）


Homepage of the shrine
http://www.sibatajinja.jp/omamori.html


- Reference - Shibata Shrine Fukui


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Poetry




夏の夜の夢路儚き後の名を　
雲井にあげよ山不如

Natsu no yo no yumeji hakanaki ato no na o
kumoi ni ageyo yama hototogisu

Fleeting dream paths,
in the summer night!
Mountain cuckoo,
carry my name
beyond the clouds.


Death poem (辞世の句) by Katsuie


In 1583, Katsuie lost a battle against Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣秀吉). He committed seppuku and set the fire to his castle, Kitanoshō Castle, which was once located here, Shibata Shrine (柴田神社), Fukui.

- Shared by Taisaku Nogi -
Joys of Japan, 2012



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