Hachisuka Iemasa

Hachisuka Iemasa (蜂須賀 家政, 1558 – February 2, 1639) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. Iemasa, the son of Hachisuka Koroku, was the founder of the Tokushima Domain.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hachisuka.
Statue of Hachisuka Iemasa

He served both Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, taking part in Hideyoshi's Korean campaign. Iemasa fought on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, and was allowed to retain his fief for his service there.

Family
  • Father: Hachisuka Masakatsu
  • Mother: Daishō-in (d. 1611)
  • Wife: Jiko-in (1563–1606), daughter of Ikoma Ienaga, lord of Koori castle, and descendant of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
  • Concubine: commoner
  • Children:
    • Hachisuka Yoshishige by Jiko-in
    • Manhime (1593–1612) married Ikeda Yoshiyuki by commoner
    • Akihime married Ii Naotaka by commoner
    • Tatsuhime (d. 1629) married Matsudaira Tadamitsu by commoner

References
  • This article was created from corresponding content on the Japanese Wikipedia


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