Watanabe Moritsuna

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Watanabe Moritsuna (渡辺守綱?) (1542-1620) was a Japanese retainer under the reputed clan of Tokugawa throughout the late Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Sympathetic to the cause of Tokugawa Ieyasu (who was forced to be a comrade of the Imagawa by means of a hostage deal), Moritsuna supported Ieyasu in 1557 with dinstinct valiance. Feeling a sense of great loyalty and duty towards his service under the Tokugawa at the moment at which he initially became retainer, Moritsuna fought with great diversity during three major battles. The Anegawa of 1570, the Mikatagahara of 1573, and the Nagashino of 1575. As a consequence to Moritsuna's notable renown throughout these three conflicts, he became known as 'Spear Hanzō' (yari Hanzō) among his fellow comrades, due to his advanced discipline in the art of the yari. Conjectively assisting his lord within the Battle of Sekigahara and seeing the Tokugawa Shogunate come to its ruling light over such a period of constant warring, Moritsuna advanced into the Edo Period with considerate rank, serving Ieyasu up until the time at which he would retire from military service. He died in 1620 due to symptoms supposedly linked to old age.

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  1. Watanabe Moritsuna - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
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