Hashiba forces · Ikeda
Ikeda Tsuneoki
“Shōnyū”
The son of Nobunaga's wet nurse, raised as his foster brother, who rose to be a senior Oda commander. After Honnō-ji he helped Hideyoshi at Yamazaki and carried weight as one of the elders at the Kiyosu conference. At Komaki and Nagakute he commanded the detached force sent against Mikawa, but the Tokugawa struck his flank and rear and he was killed together with his son-in-law Mori Nagayoshi. He had shaved his head and taken the name Shōnyū.
- Epithet
- “Shōnyū”
- Rank / office
- Governor of Kii
- Domain / base
- Settsu → Ōgaki, Mino
- Banner / crest
- Swallowtail butterfly
- Side
- Hashiba forces
- Lived
- 1536–1584 (aged 49)
Life
- Tenshō 10 Yamazaki and the Kiyosu Conference Sided with Hideyoshi against Mitsuhide and joined the ranks of the Oda elders.
- Tenshō 12 Komaki and Nagakute Led the detached force against Mikawa but was killed by the Tokugawa.
Battles in this archive2 battles
- Battle of Yamazaki 13th day of the 6th month, Tenshō 10 Yamazaki, Yamashiro Province Advanced secretly along the Yodo River, crossed the Enmyō-ji River and shattered the Akechi left wing: the move that decided the battle. Watch ▸
- Battle of Komaki and Nagakute 9th day of the 4th month, Tenshō 12 Nagakute, Owari Province The veteran who proposed and led the detached force. He was attacking Iwasaki Castle when the news from Nagakute made him turn back; he collided with Ieyasu's main force and was killed. Watch ▸
Related sites
- Inuyama Castle
- Nagakute battlefield (Aichi)