Takahashi Shigetane
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Takahashi Shigetane (?-1586) was a senior retainer beneath the clan of Otomo throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. As Shigetane was additionally known by the name of Takahashi Shoun during the earlier years of his life, he would began his service beneath the Otomo of Bungo Province around this same initial time, who presently possessed Sorin as their leader and head. Eventually, Shigetane became the respective controller of the Takahashi clan, in which he was additionally regarded as a great pillar of power to the Otomo name, being granted a certain castle by the name of Iwaya, that bordered Chikuzen Province, as means of showing such a prime level of authority and prestige. However, by the year of 1586, The powerful Shimazu had recently conquered the Ryuzoji at Okitanawate in 1584, and thus presently set their aim upon the destruction of the Otomo, who they possessed a long, intense rivalry towards for many consecutive years -- an action that forced the Shigetane, who was presently unprepared, to strengthen his defenses with an ultimate level of strength. However, the forces of Shimazu had arrived earlier than the Otomo had initially inticipated, and therefore Shigetane was desperately placed into a dillema: on hand, he only possessed no than 760 men, and as the opposition respectively wielded around 50,000 soldiers, no form of defense could be utterly possible, considering that such a mass of military might was additionally set on solely besieging his Iwaya, as opposed to splitting and assaulting from a differing direction. And as the circumstances would naturally have it, Shigetane was overwhelmed relatively immediately, but Iwaya somehow managed to survive for over two weeks of time before initially seeing that the situation was far beyond any length of salvation, forcing Shigetane to commit suicide there and then, who was consequently praised by the Shimazu for his bravery and conviction, despite being in a situation that entirely contradicted any means of victory.
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- Takahashi Shigetane - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
