Please answer the following question: Information: - The , descended from the Emperor Uda (868897) by the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji). - Early years. Mri Motonari was born under the name Shjumaru in a small domain of Aki Province in 1497. He is said to have been born at Suzuo Castle, his mother's homeland. His father, Mri Hiromoto retired as the head of the clan in 1500, and moved to Tajihi-Sarugake Castle along with his son Shjumaru. As titular head of the clan, Hiromoto was succeeded by his elder son Mri Okimoto. - Biography. After his father Amago Masahisa died early in battle, Haruhisa became the head of Amago clan in 1537 after his grandfather stepped down. He launched a series of invasions to expand his domain, going as far as Harima. - , also known as Yamanaka Shikanosuke ( ) or Shikasuke (), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He served the Amako clan of Izumo Province. - Kikkawa Hiroie ( ) ( December 7 , 1561 -- October 22 , 1625 ) was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi - Momoyama period through early Edo period . Hiroie 's father was Kikkawa Motoharu and his mother was a daughter of Kumagai Nobunao . He initially was named Tsunenobu ( ) and made his debut on the battlefield on 1570 against Amago Katsuhisa with his father . On 1583 , he was sent to then the de facto ruler Hashiba Hideyoshi as a hostage . From 1586 to 1587 , his father and his elder brother Kikkawa Motonaga both died and he became the head of Kikkawa clan . Around this time , he changed his name to Hiroie . Unlike his father and his elder brother who was known for the battlefield bravery , Hiroie preferred strategy and diplomacy to win on a battlefield and was highly praised by Hideyoshi for holding Mori clan together after the death of Kobayakawa Takakage . During the Seven - Year Korean War , he is noted for the defeat of a much larger Ming army at the battle of Ulsan castle . In the Battle of Sekigahara on 1600 , Hiroie judged that the Tokugawa side would win . However , as one of the five leading elders of the Toyotomi government , Mri Terumoto and several of the Mori clan 's retainers was supportive of the pro-Toyotomi forces led by Ishida Mitsunari . In order to ensure the survival of the clan , Hiroie made a secret pact with the Tokugawa side through Kuroda Nagamasa , promising to Mori neutrality during the battle in exchange for guarantees of the existing Mori domains . Although Mri Terumoto was made the nominal commander - in - chief of the western army , he remained in the Osaka Castle . Instead , the Mri field army joined the rest of the western forces under the command of Mri Hidemoto , with Hiroi commanding the vanguards . On the day of the actual battle , September 15 , the Mri army deployed on the flank of the Tokugawa forces . However , when Hidemoto ordered an assault , Hiroie refused to comply and used the vanguards under his command to block off the attack routes . Hiroie was thus able to... - He was born to Amago Masahisa in 1553. In the following year, Katsuhisa's father and grandfather were killed by Amago Haruhisa, leading Katsuhisa to become a Buddhist monk. After the Amago clan was overthrown by Mri Motonari in 1566, Yamanaka Yukimori supported Katsuhisa against the Mri clan in 1568. He lost to Mri Terumoto at Nunobeyama in 1570 and fled to the island of Oki. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'occupation' with the subject 'kikkawa hiroie'. Choices: - emperor - father - samurai
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samurai