HōjōLater Hōjō
Hōjō Ujinao
北条氏直
1562–1591 (aged 30)
- Rank / office
- Sakyō-no-daibu
- Domain / base
- Sagami (Odawara Castle)
- Banner / crest
- Three scales
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Heir of Hōjō Ujimasa, he became fifth head of the Later Hōjō in Tenshō 8. In the Tenshō Jingo War that followed the Honnō-ji Incident he beat Takigawa Kazumasu at the Kanna River and advanced into Kai and Shinano to face Tokugawa Ieyasu, but made peace and took Ieyasu's daughter Toku-hime as his wife. He went on negotiating over submission to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but in Tenshō 17 his retainer Inomata Kuninori seized the Sanada stronghold of Nagurumi Castle, and the incident brought Hideyoshi's declaration of war. In Tenshō 18 he held Odawara Castle for more than three months. On the 5th day of the seventh month he opened the castle, asking that the garrison be spared in exchange for his own seppuku. Moved by the offer, and because Ujinao was Ieyasu's son-in-law, Hideyoshi spared his life and banished him to Mount Kōya. Pardoned the following year and granted 10,000 koku, he soon fell ill and died in Osaka, aged 30.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1580Tenshō 8
Succession
Became fifth head of the Later Hōjō on the retirement of his father Ujimasa.
- 1582Tenshō 10
The Tenshō Jingo War
Beat Takigawa Kazumasu at the Kanna River, then faced Tokugawa Ieyasu in Kai before making peace.
- 1583Tenshō 11
Marriage to Toku-hime
Took Ieyasu's daughter Toku-hime as his wife to seal the peace.
- 1590Tenshō 18
Surrender of Odawara
Offered his own life for the lives of the garrison, opened the castle and was sent to Mount Kōya.
Siege of Odawara Commander-in-chief 15,000 troops Watch in 3D › Fifth head of the Hōjō and Ieyasu's son-in-law. After a siege of more than three months he offered his own life for those of his garrison and opened the castle. Spared through Ieyasu's intercession, he was sent to Mount Kōya. - 1591Tenshō 19
Death in Osaka
Pardoned and granted 10,000 koku, he soon fell ill and died.
