Ii Naotora

Ii Naotora
井伊 直虎
Head of Ii clan
In office
1563 – 1572[a] / 1582[b]
Preceded byIi Naomori
Succeeded byIi Naomasa
Personal details
BornProbably 1530s[c]
Died1572[d] / September 12, 1582
ChildrenIi Naomasa (adopted)[e]
Takase (adopted)
Parent
RelativesLady Tsukiyama (daughter of Ii Naohira's daughter)[h]
Military service
Allegiance Imagawa clan
Tokugawa clan
Unit Ii clan
In this Japanese name, the surname is Ii.

Ii Naotora (井伊 直虎, d. 12 September 1582) was a daimyō of the Sengoku period and head of the Ii clan, a feudal samurai clan of medieval Japan.

there are two theories regarding Naotora's identity:

  • The classical theory from Edo period stated Naotora was Jirō Hōshi daughter of Ii Naomori, the eighteenth head of their clan. She was primarily the head of Ii clan and retainer of the Imagawa clan, and because of her efforts, Ii Naotora became a daimyō and received the nickname "Female Landlord" (女地頭). There is only one contemporaneous document related to the person named "Ii Naotora" (井伊直虎) that she is believed to be the same person as Jirō Hōshi (次郎法師), the daughter of Ii Naomori (井伊直盛), who became the head of the Ii family despite being a woman. This theory is based on the "Ii Family Chronicle" (井伊家伝記), written in the mid-Edo period in 1730 (Kyōhō 15). It is said that Jirō Hoshi was engaged to Ii Naochika (井伊直親) but remained unmarried throughout her life and was the foster mother of Naochika's orphaned child, Ii Naomasa (井伊直政), who later became one of Tokugawa's Four Heavenly Kings.[4]
  • The second theory was that Ii Naotora was actually a son of an Imagawa clan retainer named Sekiguchi Ujitsune. According to this theory, the son of Ujitsune became temporary head of the Ii clan until Ii Naomasa, the son of Ii Naochika, reached adulthood and could inherit the position.[2][3]
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kazuto Hongo; IIi Naotora was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference nikkei20161215 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b 黒田 2017, § 直虎の出自.
  4. ^ "井伊直虎（次郎法師）｜井伊家の歴史｜遠州の古刹 龍潭寺". www.ryotanji.com. Retrieved 2019-05-06.


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