Satake Yoshinobu was a daimyo in Sengoku period and early Edo period Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate and the 19th head of the Satake clan and 1st daimyo of Kubota Domain in Dewa Province.
13 Facts About Satake Yoshinobu
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Satake Yoshinobu was born at Ota Castle in Hitachi Province.
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The Satake clan were fighting the Nasu clan to the north, and as a condition for peace, Yoshinobu was engaged to a daughter of the Nasu clan when he was only three years old.
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Satake Yoshinobu participated in his first combat at Battle of Hitotoribashi in 1586, just before he turned 15.
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Satake Yoshinobu relocated his seat to Mito Castle, and contributed a large number of troops to Hideyoshi's subjugation of the Tohoku region, and a much smaller number of troops to Hideyoshi's Korean invasion, although he remained behind at Nagoya Castle and later at Fushimi Castle with Hideyoshi and did not cross over to the continent.
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At the time of the Battle of Sekigahara the Satake Yoshinobu clan was ordered by Tokugawa Ieyasu to participate in the campaign to destroy Uesugi Kagekatsu in Aizu and to provide a hostage.
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The Satake clan was divided, with Satake Yoshishige and many of the samurai strongly supporting Ieyasu and the Eastern Army, whereas Yoshinobu was hesitant, based on his long ties with Ishida Mitsunari and a secret treaty with the Uesugi clan.
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The Satake Yoshinobu clan was a direct descendant of the Minamoto clan and thus had a more legitimate hereditary claim to the title of shogun than the Tokugawa clan, which was another reason why Tokugawa Ieyasu viewed the clan with suspicion and as a potential threat.
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Subsequently, Satake Yoshinobu took steps to gain favor with the new Tokugawa government by actively participating in the Siege of Osaka, fighting Toyotomi commanders such as Kimura Shigenari and Goto Matabei at the Battle of Imafuku.
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Satake Yoshinobu was married to Shodo-in, the daughter of Nasu Suketane, to whom he had been engaged as a child.
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Satake Yoshinobu had no children by the first wife and both sons of the second marriage died in infancy.
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Satake Yoshinobu had a concubine, the daughter of Ashina Morioki.
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Satake Yoshinobu died at the domain's Edo residence in Kanda in 1633.