Personnalité historique

Shibata Katsutoyo

Lord of Maruoka Castle · Lord of Nagahama Castle

Shibata Katsutoyo (1556-1583) was a warrior of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, nephew and adoptive son of Shibata Katsuie, the senior vassal of Oda Nobunaga established in Echizen. His name remains attached to Maruoka Castle, which he founded in 1576 on a mound in the Sakai plain to control the north of the province, and whose keep is today among the twelve original tenshu surviving in Japan. After Nobunaga's death, the Kiyosu conference (1582) entrusted him with Nagahama Castle in Ōmi. In disagreement with Sakuma Morimasa and overshadowed by the other adoptive son, Katsumasa, he went over to the camp of Hashiba Hideyoshi. Ill, he did not take part in person in the battle of Shizugatake and died of illness shortly after, in 1583, the same year his uncle fell.

Portrait de Shibata Katsutoyo
Naissance1556
Décès1583
FonctionLord of Maruoka Castle · Lord of Nagahama Castle
MaisonClan Shibata
ÉpoqueSengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods
Histoire & patrimoine

The builder of Maruoka

Installed in northern Echizen after Nobunaga's conquest of the province, Katsutoyo soon leaves his first residence for a mound in the Sakai plain, where he raises Maruoka Castle in 1576. The stronghold watched the northern roads on behalf of his uncle, lord of Kitanoshô. A local legend links its construction to the sacrifice of a woman, O-shizu, walled into the foundations; it belongs to tradition rather than established history. Recent dating shows, moreover, that the present keep was largely rebuilt around 1626-1628, after Katsutoyo's time.

Château de MaruokaChâteau de Maruoka
Frise chronologique

Repères dans sa vie

1556

Birth.

1575

Receives a fief in Echizen after Oda Nobunaga's conquest of the province; he first settles at Toyohara Castle.

1576

Founds Maruoka Castle (Tenshō 4).

1582

After the Kiyosu conference, receives custody of Nagahama Castle in Ōmi.

1582-1583

Goes over to the camp of Hashiba Hideyoshi against his uncle Shibata Katsuie.

1583

Ill, he sends vassals to the battle of Shizugatake and dies of illness shortly after.

Patrimoine associé

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Personnalités liées

Portrait de Shibata Katsuie
Shibata KatsuieUncle and adoptive fatherSenior vassal of Oda Nobunaga, lord of Kitanoshō.→
Portrait de Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi HideyoshiAlly after his defectionKatsutoyo joins Hideyoshi against Katsuie in 1582-1583.→
Portrait de Honda Narishige
Honda NarishigeChâteau en commun→
Portrait de Yūki Hideyasu
Yūki HideyasuChâteau en commun→
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Shibata Katsutoyo dans l’histoire

A decisive defection

Nobunaga's succession pits Shibata Katsuie against Hashiba Hideyoshi in 1582-1583. Entrusted with Nagahama, an advanced post in Ōmi, Katsutoyo, in conflict with Sakuma Morimasa and less favoured than Katsumasa, rallies to Hideyoshi. This defection weakened his uncle's position before Shizugatake; Katsutoyo, ill, dies shortly after the battle.

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