Hoshina Masatoshi
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Hoshina Masatoshi (保科正俊?) (1509-1593) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan. The son of Hoshina Masanori, he ruled Takatō Castle in Shinano Province. He initially opposed Takeda Shingen's invasion of Shinano; however, he later submitted to Shingen and became a Takeda vassal, in command of 120 cavalry. Together with Sanada Masayuki and Kosaka Masanobu, he was the third "Danjo" in the Takeda clan, distinguished from the others as Yari Danjō (槍弾正), due to his skilled use of the spear.
Following the Takeda's crucially destructive passing in the year of 1582, Masatoshi, as opposed to committing suicide, concluded either through his own will or through delegated persuasion to support the Tokugawa, where he gained a notable reputation with the spear and subsequently earned for himself the name and title of 'Yari Danjō'. Unfortunately however, Masatoshi had already been in his 70's by this initial period in time, and therefore died of old age by the year of 1593, being one of a selective few to have lived to such a long extent, which speculatively earned him great praise from Tokugawa Ieyasu in result. Masatoshi was succeeded by his son Masanao.
[edit] References
- Hoshino Masatoshi - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
- (Japanese) Family background on the Hoshina clan
- Saigō Tanomo, Takagi Morinosuke (1913). Numasawa Michiko-kun no den. Tokyo: Numasawa Shichirō.
- (Japanese) "Takeda kashindan hitokoto fairu" (16 Feb. 2008)
| Preceded by Hoshina Masanori |
Hoshina family head ??-?? |
Succeeded by Hoshina Masanao |
