Yamana Toyokuni

Japanese samurai

Yamana Toyokuni
Yamana Toyokuni
Native name	山名豊国
Born	1548 Tajima Province
Died	25 November 1626
Rank	Daimyō
Commands held	Iwai Castle, Tottori Castle
Battles/wars	Siege of Tottori Battle of Sekigahara
Relations	Yamana Toyosada (father), Yamana Suketoyo (father-in-law)

Yamana Toyokuni (山名豊国, 1548 – 1626) was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the Inaba Yamana clan and Shugo of the Inaba.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 1574, Toyokuni allied with Amago Katsuhisa for an attempted invasion to capture Tajima and Inaba provinces. ^[1]^[4]

In 1581, his Tottori Castle was besieged by the Oda Nobunaga's army led Hashiba Hideyoshi.^[3] After three months of the Siege, Toyokuni surrendered.^[3] Thereafter, he became a masterless samurai for a while.^[3]

In 1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara, he joined the Western army and after the battle he was given small territory in the Tajima Province by Tokugawa Ieyasu.^[3]^[5]^[6]

References

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