Koide Hidemasa

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Koide Hideharu (小出秀政, Koide Hideharu^?) (1539-April 21, 1604) was a retainer beneath the clan of Toyotomi throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Surmisably supporting Toyotomi Hideyoshi after initial service beneath the respective clan of Oda, Hideharu was specifically considered by his new master as a man of note; and at the length of showing Hideharu such generous consideration, Hideyoshi established firm relations with the Koide family after allowing the former to marry the sister of his wife, thus making him his fellow brother-in-law. After serving throughout many variable campaigns and conflicts that were confronted with the passage of many additional years, Hideharu's favor grew drastically beneath Hideyoshi, at which he would later be awarded with a 60,000-koku fief within the province of Izumi. Receiving these tokens of generosity, Hideharu was more encouraged to support Hideyoshi's cause even following the former's death, justifiably by means of taking part in the 1600 Sekigahara Campaign under the Eastern forces of Ishida Mitsunari. Unfortunately for Hideharu, however, his body generally failed him around this time, and he came to the conclusion that he would not be able to support Ishida due to being weak in body, which was, regardless, a rational course of action even though unintended: Following Mitsunari's execution and Tokugawa Ieyasu's initial rulership over Japan, Hideharu would not be robbed of his domains, due to not having provided any assistance to the Eastern side, thus allowing him something at which would be rendered unattainable if he had previously acted against Ieyasu. The terms involving Hideharu's life following this year in time remains unknown, but it can be easily considered that he remained neutral in his position, dieing off four years into the Edo Period.