Tachibana Muneshige

* Sen7
* Sen5
* Sen4
* Sen3

**Tachibana Muneshige**  (立花 (たちばな)宗茂 (むねしげ), *****Tachibana Muneshige*****? Tachibana Muneshige) is a retainer of the Ōtomo clan. She made her debut since Sengoku Hime 3, and has appeared in all 4 of the games in the Sengoku Hime series.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 3:**
She is Shigetane's sister-in-law and was adopted by the Tachibana family for her excellence.
She has a straightforward personality that hates and cannot tolerate crookedness.
She has a very high ambition and is a hard worker who tries hard to correct her mistakes when they are pointed out to her.
Although she does not remember it, she has an elder brother who separated from her when she was young.

曲がった事が大嫌いで許せないという、真っ直ぐな性格。
向上心がとても高く、間違いを指摘されればそれを必死に治そうとする努力家でもある。
本人は覚えていないが、幼い頃に別れた兄がいるらしい。
ＣＶ：かわしまりの　デザイナー：秋野すばる

**Sengoku Hime 4:**
She is the sister-in-law of Shaoun and a vassal of the Otomo family, with Dosetsu as her mother-in-law.
She learns how to be a person, a warrior and a vassal from these two people with whom she has a close relationship, and works hard to protect the Otomo family.
He has a straightforward and single-minded character, but he is also too straightforward and sometimes drives people away from him. She is still young as a person, and wishes to grow up further on the basis of her awareness of this.
She has a sisterly or pampering nature, which may also be due to the presence of her reliable sister-in-law and mother-in-law.

縁深い二人から人として、武人として、家臣としての在り方などを学び、大友家を守るために力を尽くそうと働いている。
まっすぐで一途な人柄だが、まっすぐすぎて時に人を遠ざけることもある。まだ人間的に幼く、その自覚の上に更なる成長を自らに望んでいる。
妹体質というか、甘え気質な面があり、それもまた頼れる義姉や義母の存在ゆえかも知れない。
【デザイナー：さより】　【演者：かわしまりの】

**Sengoku Hime 5:**
A vassal of the Otomo family and a loyal retainer who supports the family. He learns from Tachibana Michiyuki and Takahashi Shaoun, two men with whom he has close ties, how to be a person, a warrior and a vassal, and works to do his utmost to protect the Otomo family. He has a straightforward and single-minded character, but he is too straightforward and sometimes drives people away from him. She is still very young as a person and wants to grow up further on the basis of this awareness. She has a sisterly or pampering nature, which may also be due to the presence of people around her whom she can rely on.

デザイナー：魔太郎ＣＶ：かわしまりの

**Sengoku Hime 7:**
Daughter of Shaoun Takahashi.
She is a girl who grew up very talented, having inherited a strong bloodline from her father, an excellent military strategist, and her mother, a military commander.
She has a straightforward and honest character and works hard every day without being conceited about her abilities.
She cherishes a hair ornament, a memento of her mother's death on the battlefield.

演者: みたかりん
高橋紹運の娘。
優秀だった軍師の父と、武将の母の血を濃く受け継ぎ、 とても優秀に育った女の子。
まっすぐで素直な性格をしており、 能力の高さに驕ることなく日々励んでいる。
戦場で死んだ母の形見の髪飾りを大事にしている。

## Historical Information

Tachibana Muneshige (立花宗茂, December 18, 1567 – November 15, 1643), known in his youth as Senkumamaru (千熊丸) and alternatively called Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎), was a samurai during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and an Edo-period daimyō.

He was the eldest biological son of Takahashi Shigetane, a senior retainer of Ōtomo clan. He was adopted by Tachibana Dōsetsu, and later married his daughter Tachibana Ginchiyo, succeeding the Tachibana clan.

In 1600, at Sekigahara campaign, he sided to 'Western army'. However, Muneshige surrendered at Siege of Yanagawa under the assumption that he could then switch sides and aid the Tokugawa-loyal forces against the Shimazu clan of Satsuma. After the battle of Sekigahara, he was deprived of the Yanagawa Domain for punishment by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In 1637, Muneshige served in the shogunate army at the Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638), a revolt involving mostly Japanese peasants, most of them Catholics. He was then given small territory in Tanagura.

He participated in the Siege of Osaka and later he was brought back to the former territory, Yanagawa.

**Lord(s):**大友宗麟→義統→豊臣秀吉→秀頼→徳川家康→秀忠→家光

**Father:**高橋鎮種（紹運）

**Mother:**斎藤鎮実の妹・宋雲院

**Sibling(s):**宗茂、直次、甲斐、於千代、退清院、嘉也

**Spouse(s):**正室：立花誾千代（立花道雪の娘）
継室：矢島秀行[注釈 7]の娘・八千子
継々室：葉室頼宣の娘・菊子

**Children:**養子：忠茂、本多俊次正室、小野茂高室、嘉也、伊達宗勝継室、菜緒