Maeba Yoshitsugu

In this Japanese name, the surname is Maeda.

Maeba Yoshitsugu (前波 吉継, 1524 – February 11, 1574) was a retainer beneath the clan of Asakura throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. He was also known as Katsurada Nagatoshi (桂田 長俊).[1] He held the fortress of Kanegasaki in Siege of Kanegasaki (1570) against Oda Nobunaga.

After the defeat of the Asakura, Maeba defected to Nobunaga. He was killed in a revolt supported by Toda Nagashige in 1574.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Ōta, Gyūichi (2011-06-22). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-20162-0.
  2. ^ Lamers, Jeroen P. (2021-09-20). Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-28925-3.