11/17/2023 0 Comments Kessen 3 monkey and nobunagaBut long story short, Garasha, bid one of her guardians to kill her to prevent Ishida from taking her captive to use against Tadaoki. We’ve spoken before about what happened in 1600 when Ishida Mitsunari attempted to gather political hostages from amongst those within Osaka castle. Sukenao was one of the men tasked with guarding Tadaoki’s wife, Garasha, who was a political prisoner of the Toyotomi in Osaka castle. He was apparently a participant at Kato Kiyomasa’s Ulsan Castle defenses – well probably the capture of Ulsan before that, too. Now, it was most likely under Tadoaki then, that he participated in the Korean invasions during the Imjin War. The rest of the birds, presumably, were awed by his marksmanship and departed the roof. He acquired his gun, aimed at the rooftop, and fired, hitting a bird without damaing the roof. One story posits Sukenao as sitting in a teahouse and being annoyed by the squawking of birds on the roof. With a wealthy, influential patron who had connections to the capital and Oda Nobunaga’s favor a gun school was a pretty solid investment. It was during this time under the Hosokawa that the Inatomi-ryu school of gunnery really started to pick up. Impressed with his determination and courage they offered him the chance to defect as well and he agreed, becoming a samurai of the Hosokawa clan – serving our favorite nutjob, Tadaoki. Sukenao participated in the defenses at Yumiki and some accounts suggest he was in charge of the garrison defending the castle and is said to have continued to fight the Oda with a small cadre of gunnery soldiers. When the castle fell, Yoshimichi committed seppuku, leaving what remained of the Isshiki clan to his son, Yoshisada.īy the way I’ve also seen Yumiki Castle as Yumi Castle and Yuminoki Castle. After Akechi’s arrival one of the Isshiki’s vassals, the Nuta, betrayed them and defected to the Oda.īetween Akechi’s reinforcements and the Nuta’s betrayal the Isshiki leader, Yoshimichi, was caught up in his castle as Yumiki. Oda Nobunaga sent Akechi Mitsuhide, back when they were still on good terms, to aid the Hosokawa. The Isshiki were defensively strong, having once been a prominent clan of the realm, they were able to mostly hold the Hosokawa forces at bay. Hosokawa Fujitaka, with his son whom we’ve mentioned before – good ‘ol psychopath Tadaoki – were the leaders of the invasion. However in 1578 the Oda clan came a-knocking on the Isshiki door. Sukenao started his service, like his father and grandfather, as a samurai of the Isshiki clan of Tango province. You might remember when we were talking about the aftermath of the first Battle of Uji there was a giant of a warrior monk who wore two suits of armor as well. Which is weird, but not the first time I’ve heard of that. He supposedly had a habit of wearing two suits of armor, one on top of the other, earning him the nickname Ni-ryo Gusoku or Two Collar Armor. Sukenao was a bit of a strange fellow in his own right, it seems. Historical records seem to have differing accounts on who founded the school – Sukenao or his grandfather Sukehide – but they all seem to agree that Sukehide laid the framework that Sukenao built upon. He had trained with his grandfather in what was to become known as the Inatomi-ryu school of Gunnery Martial Arts. Now you see, Sukenao was the third generation cannon-maker. With Tango province being handed over to the Hosokawa the Inatomi family became Hosokawa vassals. When the Hosokawa family conquered the Isshiki in 1578, Sukenao would have been 26 years old. The Inatomi were hereditary vassals of the Isshiki clan of Tango province. Sukehide also formed a foundry specializing in casting firearms, and particularly large ones that we commonly refer to as…cannon. Sukehide was said to have trained in gunnery arts with Sasaki Yoshikuni and developed a unique style of gunnery tactics. Sukenao was the son of a no-name samurai named Inatomi Naohide, but that made him the grandson of Inatomi Sukehide. Sukenao was born near the capital city of Kyoto in 1552 and would have matured into adulthood in the late 1560s, which was about the time when Oda Nobunaga made his way into that region.
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