1. Maeda Toshiie's preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza", Matazaemon being his common name.
17 Facts About Maeda Toshiie
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Maeda Toshiie was a member of the so-called Echizen Sanninshu along with Sassa Narimasa and Fuwa Mitsuharu.
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Maeda Toshiie's father was Maeda Toshimasa and his wife was Maeda Matsu.
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Maeda Toshiie was the fourth of seven brothers, of Maeda Toshimasa, who held Arako Castle.
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Just like Nobunaga, Maeda Toshiie was a delinquent, usually dressed in the outlandish style of a kabukimono, they committed delinquent and deviated behaviors together.
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Maeda Toshiie began his career as a member of the akahoro-shu, the unit under Oda Nobunaga's personal command.
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Maeda Toshiie later became an infantry captain in the Oda army.
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Maeda Toshiie benefited from a core group of very capable senior vassals.
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In 1582, after Nobunaga's assassination at Honno-ji by Akechi Mitsuhide and Mitsuhide's defeat by Hideyoshi, at the subsequent meeting in Kiyosu Castle where the future of the Oda clan was discussed, Maeda Toshiie supported Shibata Katsuie's claim.
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In 1584, after Shibata's defeat, Maeda Toshiie become leading general for Hideyoshi in Komaki Nagakute Campaign and was forced to fight another of his friends, Sassa Narimasa at the Battle of Suemori Castle.
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Later in 1590, Maeda Toshiie fought in the Odawara Campaign against Later Hojo clan.
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Ishida Mitsunari and other magistrates relied on Toshiie, and tensions between the Tokugawa and Maeda clans reached a critical point.
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However, Maeda Toshiie himself was ailing, and could manage to support Hideyori for only a year before he died as well in 1599.
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Toshiie's wife, Maeda Matsu, was famous in her own right.
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Strong-willed from childhood, she was well-versed in the martial arts and was instrumental in Maeda Toshiie's rise to success.
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Maeda Toshiie is a playable character in video game Sengoku Basara 2 and an unplayable character in video game Sengoku Basara 4.
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Maeda Toshiie is a playable character in the video game Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends and appears in every major samurai warriors title following his first appearance.