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Sue Harukata
“Peerless Captain of the West”
A senior retainer of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, daimyo of Suō, called "the peerless captain of the west" for his valour. He rebelled against a lord who had drifted into effete refinement, killed Yoshitaka and seized control of the Ōuchi house. In time he fell out with Mōri Motonari of Aki and attacked Itsukushima with an army of 20,000. But a surprise attack on a night of storm and rain routed his army, and unable to escape the island he took his own life.
- Epithet
- “Peerless Captain of the West”
- Rank / office
- Governor of Owari
- Domain / base
- Suō
- Side
- Sue forces
- Lived
- 1521–1555 (aged 35)
Life
- Tenbun 20 The Tainei-ji Incident Killed his lord Ōuchi Yoshitaka and seized control of the Ōuchi house.
- Kōji 1 Battle of Itsukushima His great army was broken by Mōri Motonari's surprise attack and he took his own life.
Battles in this archive1 battles
Related sites
- Itsukushima battlefield (Miyajima)
- Wakayama Castle ruins (Shūnan)