Personnalité historique

Maeda Toshinaga

Lord of the Kaga domain (1599-1605) · Founder of Takaoka Castle (1609)

Maeda Toshinaga (1562-1614), eldest son of Maeda Toshiie and second lord of the Kaga domain, consolidated his house's fortune by siding with Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sekigahara campaign of 1600, which gave him control of Kaga, Noto and Etchū, roughly 1.19 million koku. He retired as early as 1605 in favour of his half-brother Toshitsune and resided at Toyama, then, after the castle there burned in 1609, founded Takaoka Castle on the Sekino plateau and attracted metal founders there, the origin of the city's metalworking crafts. He died at Takaoka in 1614; his mausoleum and the Zuiryū-ji temple continue to commemorate him.

Naissance1562, province d'Owari

Décès1614, Takaoka (province d'Etchū)

FonctionLord of the Kaga domain (1599-1605) · Founder of Takaoka Castle (1609)

MaisonClan Maeda

ÉpoqueAzuchi-Momoyama period / early Edo period

Histoire & patrimoine

Takaoka, a city born from a castle

By choosing the Sekino plateau for his retirement, Toshinaga gave rise to the city of Takaoka. The castle, traditionally attributed to Takayama Ukon, survived only six years, but the city endured: Toshinaga settled metal founders there, who came from Nishikanaya and gave rise to the art metalwork that still underpins Takaoka's reputation, and his successor dedicated the Zuiryū-ji temple and a mausoleum to him, linked by the Hatchō-michi path.