Ujiie Naomoto

Ujiie Naomoto
Bokuzen-Zuka, the grave of Ujiie Bokuzen in Kaizu, Gifu
Native name
氏家 直元
Nickname(s)Ujiie Bokuzen (氏家卜全)
Born1512
Mino province
DiedJune 4, 1571
Siege of Nagashima
AllegianceSaito clan
Oda clan
Battles / warsBattle of Nagara-gawa
Siege of Inabayama
Omi Campaign
Battle of Anegawa
Sieges of Nagashima

Ujiie Naomoto (氏家 直元, 1512? – June 4, 1571), also known as Ujiie Bokuzen (氏家卜全), was a Japanese samurai warrior.[1] served the Saitō clan of Mino province. Later, he become a retainer of Oda Nobunaga.

Naomoto was considered one of the "Mino Triumvirate" (西美濃三人衆, Nishi Mino Sanninshū), along with Inaba Yoshimichi and Andō Morinari. In 1567, they agreed together to join the forces of Oda Nobunaga.[2]

He took part in the Siege of Inabayama in 1567 and the Battle of Anegawa in 1570.

On 12 May 1571, he died fighting against the Ikkō-ikki at the First Siege of Nagashima while under the command of Shibata Katsuie.

  1. ^ 氏家卜全 at Nihon jinmei daijiten; retrieved 2013-5-29.
  2. ^ Ōta, Gyūichi. (2011). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, p. 114.