Nabeshima Naoshige

Nabeshima Naoshige
鍋島直茂
Portrait of Nabeshima Naoshige
18th century portrait by Miura Shisan. From the Nabeshima family museum.[1]
Lord of Saga domain
In office
1607–1618
Personal details
Born1538
Died1618
ChildrenNabeshima Katsushige
Parents
NicknameNobumasa (信昌)[2]
Military service
AllegianceRyūzōji clan
Toyotomi clan
Eastern army
Tokugawa Shogunate
Battles/warsSiege of Saga Castle
Siege of Suko Castle
Battle of Okitanawate
Siege of Kurume
Kyushu Campaign
Korean campaign
Siege of Udo
Siege of Yanagawa

Nabeshima Naoshige (鍋島 直茂, April 12, 1538 – July 24, 1618) was a warlord of the Sengoku and early Edo periods and progenitor of the Nabeshima lords of the Saga Domain.[2][3] Naoshige was the second son of Nabeshima Kiyofusa (鍋島清房). His mother was the daughter of Ryūzōji Iesumi (龍造寺家純). He was a vassal of the Ryūzōji clan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.[4]

  1. ^ 鍋島直茂像 [Portrait of Nabeshima Naoshige] (in Japanese). Nabeshima Hōkōkai. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b 日本人名大辞典 [Nihon Jinmei Daijiten] (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2001.
  3. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nabeshima Naoshige" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 680.
  4. ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ryūzōji," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 50 [PDF 54 of 80]; retrieved 2013-5-2.