Hiraiwa Chikayoshi Explained

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]

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