Inaba Yoshimichi

Inaba Yoshimichi
Native name
稲葉 良通
Nickname(s)Inaba Ittetsu (稲葉 一鉄)
Born1515 (1515)
Honjō Castle
Mino province (now Gifu Prefecture), Japan
DiedJanuary 5, 1589(1589-01-05) (aged 73–74)
Shimizu Castle
Mino province (now Gifu Prefecture), Japan
AllegianceSaito clan
Oda clan
Toyotomi clan
EraSengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama
TitlesBushō
Governor of Iyo
High Priest of the Third Rank
Battles / warsBattle of Nagara-gawa
Siege of Inabayama
Battle of Anegawa
Siege of Ishiyama-Honganji
Siege of Ichijodani Castle
Siege of Nagashima
Battle of Nagashino
Kaga campaign
Battle of Shizugatake
Battle of Komaki-Nagakute
Spouse(s)Daughter of Sanjōnishi Saneki (wife)
Daughter of Kanou Family (concubine)
ChildrenInaba Masanari
RelationsDaughter of Kunieda Shōsuke (mother)[1]
Inaba Michinori (father)[1]
Lady Kasuga (daughter in law)
Other name(s)Hikoshiro (彦四郎) later Hikoroku (彦六郎)
Lord(s)Toki YoriakiSaitō DōsanSaitō YoshitatsuSaitō TatsuokiOda NobunagaToyotomi Hideyoshi[1]
Clan(s)Inaba

Inaba Yoshimichi (稲葉 良通, 1515 – January 5, 1589), also known as Inaba Ittetsu (稲葉 一鉄),[2] was a Japanese samurai warrior during the Sengoku period.[3] He served the Saitō clan of Mino province. Later, he became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga.

His childhood name was Hikoshiro (彦四郎) later Hikoroku (彦六郎). Yoshimichi was considered one of the "Mino Triumvirate" (西美濃三人衆, Nishi Mino Sanninshū), along with Andō Michitari and Ujiie Bokuzen. In 1567, they agreed together to join the forces of Oda Nobunaga.[4]

He took part in the Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567) and participated in the Battle of Anegawa (1570), leading the reverse troops of Oda Nobunaga's forces.[5][6] Later, he fought in the Siege of Ishiyama-Honganji, Siege of Ichijodani Castle, Siege of Nagashima, Battle of Nagashino, and Kaga campaign under Shibata Katsuie.

His son, Inaba Masanari, was the husband of Saitō Fuku. Ittetsu himself lived and went into the service of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, serving at the Battle of Shizugatake and the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute before dying in 1589.

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  5. ^ Sadler, Arthur Lindsay (1937). The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. G. Allen & Unwin, Limited. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-598-44090-7. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. ^ Turnbull, Stephen R. (1987). Battles of the Samurai. Arms and Armour Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-85368-826-6. Retrieved 6 March 2023.