Oda Nagamasu

Oda Nagamasu (織田 長益, 1548 January 24, 1622) was a Japanese daimyō and a brother of Oda Nobunaga[1] who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as Yūraku (有楽) and Urakusai (有楽斎), the Tokyo neighborhood Yūrakuchō is named for him. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John.

Oda Nagamasu
Oda Nagamasu
Personal details
Born1548
Owari Province, Japan
DiedJanuary 24, 1621
Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, Japan
NationalityJapanese

Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the Japanese tea ceremony, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyū. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.

Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons Nagamasa and Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain,[2] while Hisanaga became lord of the Yanagimoto Domain.[3]

Family

References

  1. Nihonshi yōgoshū B. (Tokyo: Yamakawa shuppansha, 2000), p. 129.
  2. (in Japanese) "Shibamura-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (14 July 2008).
  3. (in Japanese) "Yanagimoto-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (14 July 2008).

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