Hashiba Hidekatsu

Hashiba Hidekatsu (羽柴 秀勝, 1567 – January 29, 1586) was a Japanese samurai, also known as Oda Hidekatsu, the fourth son of the famed feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga and was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at a young age.

Hashiba Hidekatsu
Native name	羽柴 秀勝
Nickname(s)	Otsugimaru
Born	1567 (1567) Owari Province
Died	January 29, 1586(1586-01-29) (aged 18–19) Kameyama Castle, Tanba Province
Allegiance	Oda clan Toyotomi clan
Commands	Kameyama Castle (Kyoto)
Battles / wars	Battle of Yamazaki (1582) Battle of Shizugatake (1583) Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)
Relations	Oda Nobunaga (father) Toyotomi Hideyoshi (adopted father)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hashiba.

At the time of Nobunaga's death in 1582, Hidekatsu was at Kojima in Bizen Province. Shortly after Nobunaga's death, Hidekatsu assisted Hideyoshi during the Battle of Yamazaki, Hidekatsu and his biological older brother, Oda Nobutaka, were used as a banner of a battle of revenge, and defeated Akechi Mitsuhide.

During the funeral of Nobunaga, he held his birth father's mortuary tablet (ihai). Afterwards, Hidekatsu received Kameyama Castle in Tanba Province (modern day Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture).

He also served Hideyoshi during the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583 and Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584. Hidekatsu suddenly died in 1586, with many people believing that Hidekatsu was killed on the orders of Hideyoshi.

Family

• Father: Oda Nobunaga (1536–1582)
• Adopted Father: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–1598)
• Brothers:
  • Oda Nobutada (1557–1582)
  • Oda Nobukatsu (1558–1630)
  • Oda Nobutaka (1558–1583)
  • Oda Katsunaga (1568–1582)
  • Oda Nobuhide (1571–1597)
  • Oda Nobutaka (1576–1602)
  • Oda Nobuyoshi (1573–1615)
  • Oda Nobusada (1574–1624)
  • Oda Nobuyoshi (died 1609)
  • Oda Nagatsugu (died 1600)
  • Oda Nobumasa (1554–1647)
• Sisters:
  • Tokuhime (1559–1636)
  • Fuyuhime (1561–1641)
  • Hideko (died 1632)
  • Eihime (1574–1623)
  • Hōonin
  • Sannomarudono (died 1603)
  • Tsuruhime

References

• Hall, John Whitney, McClain, James L. and Jansen, Marius B. (1991). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0521223555.