Nakagawa Hidenari

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Nakagawa Hidenari (中川 秀成; 1570 – September 9, 1612) was a daimyo in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods of Japanese history. He was the second son of Nakagawa Kiyohide, and younger brother of Nakagawa Hidemasa.

In 1582, Kiyohide died in the Battle of Shizugatake and Hidemasa succeeded to a house. However, Hidemasa died young in 1592 and Hidenari succeeded to a house and his domain, which was 66,000 koku at Harima Province and served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Before long, Hideyoshi gave him 74,000 koku at Kunioka, Bungo Province.

In 1597, Hidenari took part in the Battle of Keicho under Todo Takatora.

In 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara, he defeated Ota Kazuyoshi at Usuki Castle. Because of that, Tokugawa Ieyasu let him rule his domain continuously.