13 Facts About Horio Yoshiharu

Horio Yoshiharu was appointed to the position of one of san-churo by Toyotomi Hideyoshi along with Ikoma Chikamasa and Nakamura Kazuuji.

Horio Yoshiharu was the first leader of the Matsue clan and known as Horio Mosuke.

Horio Yoshiharu served Hashiba Hideyoshi when Oda Nobunaga attacked Inabayama Castle in 1567.

When Hideyoshi attacked Bitchu Takamatsu Castle, Horio Yoshiharu conducted an inquest into the death of Shimizu Muneharu.

Horio Yoshiharu killed Saito Toshikazu after he attempt to scroll past Hideyoshi's lines at the Battle of Yamazaki.

Horio Yoshiharu was involved in various battles such as the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583.

In 1585, Horio Yoshiharu participated in the Toyama campaign against Sassa Narimasa.

In 1598, after the death of Hideyoshi, Horio Yoshiharu switched his allegiance to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

However, Ieyasu gave him 240,000 koku at Toda, Izumo Province after the battle, because Yoshiharu had killed Shigemochi, and Yoshiharu son, Horio Tadauji, had substituted the performance of exploits at the battle on his behalf.

In 1604, Yoshiharu's son, Tadauji who had succeeded him as head of his house, died young, and his grandchild, Horio Tadaharu succeeded to a house.

Tadaharu was so young that Horio Yoshiharu ruled as a godfather until his own death on 1611.

Horio Yoshiharu was popular and was so calm that he was called Hotoke no Mosuke, which means that Horio Yoshiharu was a saint of a man.

The family temple of the Horio Yoshiharu clan is Shunko-in, in Hanazono, Ukyo District, Kyoto Prefecture.