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My Ancestor Bunzaemon Kageyama: Battle of Sekigahara

October 4, 2022 Siraj Davis Leave a comment

My ancestor #BunzaemonShigefusaKageyama, participated in the “very first” attack and confrontation during the famous #BattleofSekigahara.

He represented #YoshishigeHachisuka, but fought directly under the command of #TodoTakatora and #FukushimaMasanori, on the left front flank of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s army (circled on the map in one of the pictures) .
https://sekigaharamap.com/seki-cyu/

This video at 8:35-9:10, shows this “very first attack” which shockingly and unexpectedly broke the lines of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s forces in the Battle of Sekigahara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ks2xj17IjY

The Battle of Sekigahara was the largest battle of Japan’s feudal history, some consider the most important, as peace would last 250 years afterwards. The Battle Of Sekigahara

Though my ancestor Yozaemon Kageyama served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, under Masakatsu Hachisuka previously, his grandson, Bunzaemon would serve Tokugawa Ieyasu, under Yoshishige Hachisuka, against Hideyoshi’s remaining forces.

Loyalty is never easy to decide, as some wrongly assume (Should he have been loyal to Hideyoshi or Hachisuka?).

During the battle, the nephew of #toyotomihideyoshi who also fought against his uncle’s forces, #KobayakawaHideaki, saved my ancestor’s life.

I intend, one day, a descendant of someone he saved, 600 years later, visit Hideakis grave in Zuinji Temple in #Okayama, and pay my deepest sincerest respects ❤️🙏 zuiunji龍珠山龍光山・瑞雲寺

This is honor in my family 💯

We dont forget, we don’t forgive either. And for centuries.

Source, page 31 of Akira Haruta’s book on my ancestors “Tangaku Fujita and Sanyo Rai.”
https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784434027468

A list of samurai serving under the Hachisuka clan. Kageyama can be found twice here.
https://www.kakeisi.com/han/han_tokusima.html

My ancestor’s files can be viewed by the public at Tokushima University Library archives here:

http://beedb.lib.tokushima-u.ac.jp/mylimedio/search/search-input.do;jsessionid=832fc48a20875f4c2e971b3473ef

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#蔭山分左衛門重房 #蜂須賀正勝 #豊臣秀吉 #徳川家康 #蜂須賀至鎮 #京極高知 #福島正則 #藤堂高虎 #藤田丹岳

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My Ancestor Yozaemon Masafusa Kageyama at the Siege of Miki Castle (The Shikata 7)

September 12, 2022 Siraj Davis Leave a comment

My ancestor Yozaemon Masafusa Kageyama fought with distinction under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Masakatsu “Koroku” Hachisuka, in the Siege of Miki Castle, against Bessho Nagaharu. According to historian Akira Haruta’s book on my ancestor Tangaku Fujita, page 30.

https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784434027468

Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi created his famous private bodyguards called the “Seven Spears of Shizugatake” in 1583, Yozaemon Kageyama was given the title among 6 others as the Shikata Seven in 1578. 志方七人衆

The idea of a seven member private special body guard unit, came from Masakatsu Hachisuka, who Toyotomi Hideyoshi was mentored by since a youth, when he first met the 10 year older Masakatsu.

Many people don’t know this.

The Siege of Miki began when Bessho Nagaharu joined Hatano Hideharu (My Uno ancestors fought under Munekatsu Naito who was allied with Hideharu) and fought against Oda Nobunaga. After Nobunaga lost , he ordered Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Masakatsu Hachisuka to siege Bessho Nagaharu’s Miki Castle .

My Kageyama ancestors, led by Masakatsu Hachisuka and under the command of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, defeated Nagaharu, who later committed seppuki.

His castle is now Kannoji Temple in Shikata city, Hyogo, Japan. It has the Hachisuka clan emblem on it today