Personnalité historique

Kanamori Nagachika

Lord of Ōno (Echizen) · Lord of Takayama (Hida)

Kanamori Nagachika (1524-1608) is a Sengoku-period warlord whose name is attached to two castle towns he shaped: Ōno, in Echizen, and Takayama, in Hida Province. Initially in the service of the Saitō of Mino, he transferred to Oda Nobunaga in 1567 and distinguished himself notably at Nagashino (1575). Rewarded after the subjugation of the Echizen Ikkō-ikki with a large part of Ōno district, he built Echizen-Ōno Castle on Mount Kameyama and laid out a grid-patterned town at its foot, later nicknamed the 'little Kyoto' of Hokuriku. Under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he conquered Hida Province in 1585 and established the Takayama domain there, which he governed until his death. Having sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sekigahara (1600), he was also a tea master and admirer of Sen no Rikyū, whose son Sen Dōan he protected after his master's disgrace.

Portrait de Kanamori Nagachika
Naissance1524
Décès20 septembre 1608
FonctionLord of Ōno (Echizen) · Lord of Takayama (Hida)
MaisonClan Kanamori
ÉpoqueSengoku period / early Edo period
Histoire & patrimoine

Builder of castle towns

At Ōno, Kanamori Nagachika paired the castle on Mount Kameyama with a town laid out on an orthogonal plan, extending along the eastern foot of the hill. This layout, still legible today, earned Ōno the nickname 'little Kyoto' of Hokuriku according to the city of Ōno. He repeated this model at Takayama after 1586, making him one of the great town planners of his era.

Château d'Echizen-ŌnoChâteau d'Echizen-Ōno
Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

1524

Birth.

1567

After the fall of the Saitō at Inabayama, he becomes a vassal of Oda Nobunaga.

1575

Fights at Nagashino; the same year, after the pacification of Echizen, he receives two-thirds of Ōno district and begins work on Mount Kameyama castle.

1580

Completion generally accepted for Echizen-Ōno Castle.

1582

His eldest son Kanamori Naganori dies during the Honnō-ji Incident.

1585

On Hideyoshi's orders, he subdues Hida Province (Anegakōji clan).

1586

Leaves Ōno for Takayama, in Hida.

1600

Fights at Sekigahara on Tokugawa Ieyasu's side.

1608

Dies on 20 September.

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Personnalités liées

Portrait de Oda Nobunaga
Oda NobunagaOverlordVassal of Nobunaga from 1567, who granted him the fief of Ōno.→
Portrait de Sen no Rikyū
Sen no RikyūAdmired tea masterHe protected Sen Dōan, Rikyū's son, after the latter's death.→
Portrait de Doi Toshifusa
Doi ToshifusaChâteau en commun→
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Kanamori Nagachika dans l’histoire

A warrior tea master

An admirer of Sen no Rikyū, Nagachika practised the tea ceremony and gave refuge to Sen Dōan after Hideyoshi ordered Rikyū to commit suicide.

Documentation

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