Kawajiri Hidetaka
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Kawajiri Hidetaka (河尻秀隆? 1527 - July 7, 1582) was a senior retainer of the Oda clan throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. At first being a retainer under Oda Nobuhide, Hidetaka mutually supported the former within the many earlier conflicts faced against the influential power of Imagawa clan -- generally the Battle of Azukizaka, in which Hidetaka was regarded as being of veteran class, by means of his ability with the sword. Following these initial conflicts, Hidetaka supported Ikeda Nobuteru in his assault upon the rebellious Oda Nobuyuki's Suemori Castle in 1557, following by valiantly fighting during the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, moderately earning a name for himself among the retainer class. Now presently serving under the new ruler of Oda--Nobunaga--Hidetaka supported the former's eldest son, Oda Nobuo, within the besiegment of Iwamura Castle in 1575, which represented the Takeda clan's growing expansion into Mino Province. As the Takeda were entirely destroyed by the year of 1582, Hidetaka was awarded by Nobunaga Fuchu Castle and complete governorship over Kai Province, the original homeland that acted as the Takeda's head domain. In addition to receiving a portion of land from Shinano Province, Hidetaka's position was justifiably established with a level of power; but as Nobunaga unfortunately lost his life in 1582 by means of the treacherous Akechi Mitsuhide, the citizens and former Takeda samurai initially used this opportunity to revolt against Hidetaka's governorship, forcing him to the extent that he had little choice but to flee from the province. To add to such detrimental circumstances, Hidetaka was caught in the attempt and was killed by the revolters, thus causing the Oda name a high level of chaos and dismay.
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- Kawajiri Hidetaka - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
