Hayashi Narinaga was a samurai during the Sengoku period, retainer of the Mori clan and was a ji-samurai of southern Bingo Province.
14 Facts About Hayashi Narinaga
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Hayashi Narinaga held many positions including karo serving Mori Motonari and his father Mori Hiromoto in diplomatic missions with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Hayashi Narinaga served as diplomat between the Mori and Hideyoshi.
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Hayashi Narinaga was born 1517 in Doi, Kawajiri, Bingo Province, today part of Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Hayashi Narinaga's father was Kikuchi Takenaga and his mother is unknown but there is a tradition that she was a daughter of the Hayashi clan of Kawajiri.
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Hayashi Narinaga's father Takenaga was a descendant of the powerful Kikuchi clan that ruled Higo Province since the 11th century.
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Hayashi Narinaga became a vassal of Mori Motonari and was given the position of karo and as the ginzan-bugyo of Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, a position he held until ca.
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In 1584 Hayashi Narinaga donated a statue depicting a seated Mori Motonari to Choan Temple at Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine.
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In 1588 it is recorded that Hayashi Narinaga Tosa-no-kami is promoted to the position where he receives direct orders from Hideyoshi on strategies in Kyushu.
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Hayashi Narinaga was already 75 years old when he was sent to war across the Sea of Japan.
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In 1594 Hayashi Narinaga Hizen-no-kami returned from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea after fighting for two years.
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Hayashi Narinaga was 78 years old and requested retirement to Mori Terumoto who accepted so Narinaga gave his son Motoyoshi Matsuoka Castle and built Aka Castle as a retirement castle.
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Hayashi Narinaga took the life of a Buddhist monk and took the name Dohan.
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The temple sacred to Hayashi Narinaga today is Mannen-ji in Kue, Aki Province.