Sengoku Hidehisa, childhood name Gonbei was a samurai warrior of the Sengoku period and the Edo period.
11 Facts About Sengoku Hidehisa
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Sengoku Hidehisa was the head of the Komoro Domain in Shinano Province.
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Sengoku Hidehisa was adopted out to another family at a young age, but eventually his older brothers died of illness and he was recalled to inherit his family name.
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Sengoku Hidehisa then became a member of the Oda clan and was ordered to serve under Kinoshita Tokichiro.
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Sengoku Hidehisa took part in most of the Oda clan's military actions afterwards.
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Sengoku Hidehisa is generally described as a brave and skillful warrior in his early days with Nobunaga; he was often at the front lines of the Oda clan's military operations.
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Sengoku Hidehisa appears to have inherited some of Hideyoshi's charisma, as he was able to avoid getting himself killed despite ending up several times in situations that would normally have boded poorly for most samurai.
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Sengoku Hidehisa was accused of charging ahead too soon and then fleeing at the first sight of trouble.
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In 1600, Sengoku Hidehisa was in the army of Ieyasu's heir, Tokugawa Hidetada, they were unable to reach the Sekigahara main battle in time due to the stalling tactics of Sanada Masayuki at Siege of Ueda.
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However Sengoku Hidehisa successfully persuaded the furious Ieyasu to spare both he and Hidetada after this blunder.
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Sengoku Hidehisa is the main protagonist of the manga Sengoku, by Hideki Miyashita.