Personnalité historique

Arima Harunobu

Lord of Hinoe · Daimyō of Shimabara

Arima Harunobu (1567–1612) was one of the great Christian daimyō of Kyūshū, lord of Hinoe Castle in the south of the Shimabara Peninsula. He inherited this mountain fortress, with its terraced enclosures and the age-old seat of the Arima, in 1576. He was baptised by Alessandro Valignano around 1579–1580 and, together with Ōtomo Sōrin and Ōmura Sumitada, co-sponsored the Tenshō embassy to Rome in 1582. After defeating the Ryūzōji in 1584 with the help of the Shimazu, he prospered under Hideyoshi and then Ieyasu. However, the burning of the Portuguese ship Madre de Deus (1609–1610) and the fraud of Okamoto Daihachi brought about his fall: exiled to Kai, he died there in 1612.

Portrait de Arima Harunobu
Naissance1567 (Eiroku 10)
Décès6e jour du 5e mois de Keichō 17 (1612), province de Kai (exécution ou seppuku selon les sources)
FonctionLord of Hinoe · Daimyō of Shimabara
MaisonClan Arima de Hizen
ÉpoqueAzuchi-Momoyama / early Edo
Histoire & patrimoine

Hinoe, castle of the Arima

Installed as stewards of the Arima estate in the early thirteenth century, the Arima made Hinoe their main castle until their later transfer to Hyūga. Under Harunobu, they controlled a large part of Hizen. The fortress, built in terraces on a hill south of Shimabara, retains stone walls mainly on its eastern flank; it was abandoned when Matsukura Shigemasa dismantled its stones to build Shimabara Castle.

Château de HinoeChâteau de Hinoe
Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

1567

Birth.

1576

Inherits Hinoe Castle.

1579-1580

Baptised by Alessandro Valignano (baptismal name Protásio, later João).

1582

Co-sponsor of the Tenshō embassy; his cousin Chijiwa Miguel represents him.

1584

Attacked by the Ryūzōji, he defeats them with the support of the Shimazu.

1609-1610

Burning of the Portuguese ship Madre de Deus at Nagasaki, in reprisal for the killing of his men at Macao.

1612

Okamoto Daihachi affair: domain confiscated, exile to Kai and death.

Patrimoine associé

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Personnalités liées

Portrait de Alessandro Valignano
Alessandro ValignanobaptiserJesuit visitor.→
Portrait de Chijiwa Miguel
Chijiwa Miguelcousin, envoyTenshō embassy.→
Portrait de Itō Mancio
Itō Mancioprincipal envoy of the embassyCo-sponsored embassy.→
Portrait de Ōtomo Sōrin
Ōtomo Sōrinco-sponsorTenshō embassy.→
Portrait de Okamoto Daihachi
Okamoto DaihachiswindlerRetainer of Honda Masazumi, cause of his fall.→
Portrait de Fujiwara no Tsunezumi
Fujiwara no TsunezumiChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Arima Takazumi
Arima TakazumiChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Arima Naozumi
Arima NaozumiChâteau en commun→
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Arima Harunobu dans l’histoire

A disputed end

Dictionaries disagree on Harunobu's death in exile: beheading according to the Nihon daihyakka zensho, seppuku according to other works, and simple execution according to the Japanese Britannica. All of them link his fall to the Okamoto Daihachi affair, in which he had paid large sums in the hope of recovering former lands.

Documentation

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