Hirate Masahide

Samurai, Deceased Person

1492 – 1553

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Who was Hirate Masahide?

Hirate Masahide was a Japanese samurai who served the Oda clan for two generations. His original name was Hirate Kiyohide.

Masahide first served Oda Nobuhide. He was talented not only as a samurai but also in various arts like sado and waka, and this helped him to act as a skilled diplomat, dealing with Ashikaga shogunate and deputies of the emperor. In 1533, a well-known regent Yamashina Tokitsugu made a visit to Owari Province, the dominion of Oda clan. Finding the superbness of the reception Masahide prepared, Tokitsugu highly praised Masahide's knowledge. Another evidence of his importance as a diplomat can be found in the fact that he paid a visit to Kyoto to offer the cost needed to repair the Emperor's residence in the name of Nobuhide.

When Nobuhide's son Nobunaga was born, Masahide became the second highest ranking karo as well as the tutor of the newborn heir. In 1547 Nobunaga finished his coming-of-age ceremony, and on the occasion of his first battle, Masahide served beside him. The next year, he exerted himself to establish peace between Nobuhide and his agelong rival Saitō Dōsan of Mino Province, and to arrange the marriage between Nobunaga and Dōsan's daughter Nōhime. This move made it possible for the Oda clan to concentrate on the fight against Imagawa clan.

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Born
1492
Also known as
  • Hirate Kiyohide
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Died
Feb 25, 1553

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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