Hatakeyama Sadamasa
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Hatakeyama Sadamasa (畠山貞政? ? - 1584) was a retainer under the Oda clan during the late Sengoku Period of Japanese history.
A nephew to the rebellious Oda retainer Hatakeyama Takamasa, Sadamasa was obligated to join the ranks under Oda Nobunaga, as a result of the fact that he was the head of the Hatakeyama clan of Kawachi province, and would need to ensure that his influence was not consumed by rebellion, as was the case for his respective nephew. However, Kōsa, the leader of the Ikkō-ikki of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, knew that Sadamasa could potentially experience a change of heart, if he were to establish communications with the latter. Therefore, Sadamasa drifted to some extent from the influence of Nobunaga, but refused to answer to such a call with efficiency, knowing that his survival, and the survival of his clan, was a more important resolution than to assist fanatical monks who would not be able to provide him any true means of protection or reinforcement if he defected.
Sadamasa supported the aspirations of Tokugawa Ieyasu following the death of his former master in 1582, but was cut down during the Komaki Campaign of 1584, causing the descendants of Sadamasa to respectively serve under Ieyasu, effectively ensuring their survival up through the Edo Period.
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- Hatakeyama Sadamasa - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
