Personnalité historique

Sassa Narimasa

Lord of Etchū (Toyama Castle) · Lord of Higo

Sassa Narimasa (c. 1536-1588) was a warrior from Owari Province who rose from the Kuro-horo guard of Oda Nobunaga and became the lord who turned Toyama Castle into a major stronghold. After serving in Echizen under Shibata Katsuie, he received Etchū in 1581 and settled at Toyama, which he expanded with new moats and towers while undertaking flood-control works. Allied with Tokugawa Ieyasu against Hideyoshi in 1584, he crossed the Tateyama mountains (‘Sarasara-goe’) in the depths of winter to join Ieyasu at Hamamatsu. Besieged at Toyama in 1585, he submitted, received Higo Province in 1587, but after a revolt against his land surveys he was ordered to take his own life at Amagasaki in 1588.

Portrait de Sassa Narimasa
NaissanceVers 1536 (dates divergentes selon les sources : 1516, 1539), province d'Owari
Décès1588, Amagasaki (seppuku)
FonctionLord of Etchū (Toyama Castle) · Lord of Higo
MaisonClan Sassa
ÉpoqueSengoku period – Azuchi-Momoyama
Histoire & patrimoine

Toyama, stronghold of Etchū

Settling at Toyama in 1581, Narimasa transformed the Jinbō fortress into a powerful stronghold equipped with new moats and towers. He also undertook hydraulic works that helped turn the surrounding marshes into rice fields. His rule ended with the siege of 1585, when Hideyoshi's army surrounded the town.

Château de ToyamaChâteau de Toyama
Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

Vers 1536

Born in Owari Province (in the village of Hira according to some encyclopaedias).

Années 1560-1570

Member of Oda Nobunaga's Kuro-horo guard; campaigns against the Asakura and the Ishiyama Hongan-ji; one of the three ‘lords of Fuchū’ in Echizen under Shibata Katsuie.

1581

Receives Etchū Province and settles at Toyama Castle, which he enlarges.

1584

Rallies to Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobukatsu against Hideyoshi; at the end of the year, crosses the mountains in winter (Sarasara-goe) as far as Hamamatsu.

1585

Besieged at Toyama by Hideyoshi, he submits; the castle passes to the Maeda.

1587

Receives Higo Province and settles at Kumamoto.

1588

Held responsible for the Higo uprising, he is ordered to take his own life at Amagasaki.

Patrimoine associé

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Personnalités liées

Portrait de Oda Nobunaga
Oda NobunagaOverlordNobunaga entrusted Etchū to him in 1581.→
Portrait de Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi HideyoshiAdversary, then overlordHideyoshi besieged him at Toyama in 1585, then gave him Higo before ordering his death.→
Portrait de Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAlly (1584)Narimasa crossed the mountains in winter to join him at Hamamatsu.→
Portrait de Shibata Katsuie
Shibata KatsuieSuperior in EchizenNarimasa was one of the three lords of Fuchū placed under his authority.→
Portrait de Jinbō Nagamoto
Jinbō NagamotoChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Uesugi Kenshin
Uesugi KenshinChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Maeda Toshinaga
Maeda ToshinagaChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Maeda Toshitsugu
Maeda ToshitsuguChâteau en commun→
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Sassa Narimasa dans l’histoire

The crossing of the Sarasara-goe

According to most chronicles of the Kaga domain, Narimasa left Toyama towards the end of the eleventh month of 1584 and crossed the Sarasara and Harinoki passes to reach Shinano and then Hamamatsu, in order to persuade Ieyasu to continue the war. The Tateyama Prefectural Museum has published a study discussing the actual date (winter or summer) of this crossing, which has become legendary.

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