Matsuda Norihide

Matsuda Norihide
Native name
松田 憲秀
DiedJuly 17, 1590
Odawara castle
AllegianceHojo clan
RankCommander
Battles / warsSiege of Fukazawa (1571)
Siege of Odawara (1590)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Matsuda.

Matsuda Norihide (松田 憲秀, ? – 1590) was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period.[1] He was one of the most important vassals of the Go-Hōjō clan and the salary he got was the highest among Go-Hōjō clan's vassals.[1]

On the occasion of the Siege of Odawara (1590), he insisted on keeping Odawara Castle but later he secretly betrayed Go-Hōjō clan and tried to join Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[1] After the fall of the Go-Hōjō clan, he was ordered to seppuku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[2][1][3] On the other hand, his second son Matsuda Hideharu became a vassal of Maeda Toshiie.[4]

His cousin Matsuda Yasunaga died in the siege of Yamanaka Castle in 1590.[5]

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  2. ^ "小田原開城と滅亡" (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "小田原合戦" (in Japanese). Odawara City official. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ^ "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「松田秀治」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. ^ "山中城跡の出土資料" (in Japanese). Mishima city official. Retrieved 18 October 2021.