Suzuki Magoichi

Who is Suzuki Magoichi?

Suzuki Magoichi, better known as Saiga Magoichi or Saika Magoichi, was the name given to the leader of the Saika Ikki. He is famous for arming his troops with arquebuses and donning the yatagarasu as his family crest.

There were three people known as Saika Magoichi, included Suzuki Sadayu, Suzuki Shigetomo and Suzuki Shigehide. Suzuki Shigehide is perhaps the better known of the three, known for supporting the Ikkō resistance against Oda Nobunaga during the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War. After Torii Mototada's downfall during the battle of Sekigahara, he is said to have lived the rest of his days as a rōnin in Mito Domain. Reports of different men using the name range from Wakayama, Ibaraki and Mie prefectures.