Maeda Toshiie

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**Maeda Toshiie**  (前田 (まえだ)利家 (としいえ), *****Maeda Toshiie*****? Maeda Toshiie) is a retainer of the Oda Clan, serving under Oda Nobunaga. She serves as a recruitable general since Sengoku Hime 2, and has appeared in Sengoku Hime 4, Sengoku Hime 5, Sengoku Hime 6, Sengoku Hime 7.

## Introduction

**Sengoku Hime 2:**
A vassal of the Oda clan. She is Keiji Maeda's younger sister. She is commonly known as Inu Chiyo. Unlike her brutal brother, she has a straightforward and gentle personality. She is Nobunaga. She is the writing brush of the Guards Red Mother's Clothes, and although she is usually mild-mannered and obedient, she shows unrivaled work on the battlefield. Due to her long life in poverty and the influence of her older brother, who has a strong habit of wasting her, she has a slightly fine and stingy side to her money.

CV:高城みつ
原画:kyo1

**Sengoku Hime 4:**
A vassal of the Oda clan who has served Nobunaga for a long time.
He seems to have been a lot of mess in the past, but now he is calm and reliable when standing on the battlefield, one of the important people who support the Oda clan.
He has a wide field of vision, and for that reason he sometimes holds himself down and stands for the people around him. He is not only a brave man.
He is a wife and seems to take good care of his wife named "Matsu".

昔はずいぶんやんちゃもしたらしいがいまでは落ち着きがあり、戦場に立てば頼もしい、織田家を支える重要人物のひとり。
視野が広く、そのために自分の我を押さえて周りの人間のために立ち回ることがある。武勇のみではない大器。
妻帯者で、『まつ』という名の妻を大事にしているらしい。
【デザイナー：黒田んぼ】　【演者：小次狼】

**Sengoku Hime 5:**
A vassal of the Oda clan who serves Nobunaga. He has been a mess, but he has grown into a calm person since he got married, and is now one of the important people who support the Oda clan. He has a wide field of vision, and for that reason he sometimes holds himself down and stands for the people around him. He is not only a brave man. He cherishes his wife "Matsu".

デザイナー：黒田んぼＣＶ：小次狼

**Sengoku Hime 6:**
A vassal of the Oda clan who serves Nobunaga. He has been a mess, but he has grown into a calm person since he got married, and is now one of the important people who support the Oda clan. He has a wide field of vision, and for that reason he sometimes holds himself down and stands for the people around him. He is not only a brave man. He cherishes his wife "Matsu".

デザイナー：黒田んぼ 演者：ますおかゆうじ

**Sengoku Hime 7:**
A senior vassal of the Oda clan.
He used to look like Nobunaga, but he settled down with his wife.
He cannot pay close attention to Nobunaga's stormy weather. Occasionally, when Nobunaga takes his son-in-law, he tries to make a small resistance to Nobunaga, but it doesn't seem to be effective.

演者:小次狼
織田家の重臣。
かつては信長と似たり寄ったりなうつけだったが、嫁を娶り落ち着いた。
信長の破天荒に対して、思い当たるふしがあるのか強く注意することができない。たまに信長に対して、信長も婿をとったらおとなしく……とささやかな抵抗を試みてみたりするが、効果はないようだ。

**Shin § Sengoku Hime:**
A senior vassal who serves the Oda clan.
Nowadays, even the scars on his cheeks look daunting, but he was a pretty naughty kid when Nobunaga was a small surname, and in the past he and Nobunaga were bothered by naughty things. However, he is now often on the side of Soma because he has settled down with his beloved wife.

今でこそ、頬に残る傷すら精悍に見える雄々しい偉丈夫だが、信長の小姓時代はかなりのやんちゃ小僧で、昔は信長と二人揃ってやんちゃをしては風馬を困らせていた。しかし、今は愛妻を得て落ち着いたため今では颯馬の味方になることが多い。
原画 黒田んぼ
演者 手越雪光

## Historical Information

Maeda Toshiie (前田 利家, January 15, 1538 – April 27, 1599) was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左衛門) being his common name. He was the husband of Maeda Matsu. The highest rank from the court that he received is the Great Counselor Dainagon (大納言).

His father was Maeda Toshimasa and his wife was Maeda Matsu. His childhood name was "Inuchiyo" (犬千代). Toshiie was born in the village of Arako (present-day Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya), He was the fourth of seven brothers, of Maeda Toshimasa, who held Arako Castle. Toshiie served Oda Nobunaga from childhood (first as a page) and his loyalty was rewarded by being allowed to be the head of the Maeda clan, very unusual for a fourth son with no apparent failures among his elder brothers. Just like Nobunaga, Toshiie was also a delinquent, usually dressed in the outlandish style of a kabukimono. It is believed he also became a friend to Kinoshita Tokichiro (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi) in their youth. Just as Hideyoshi was known as Saru, 猴 or "monkey," it is believed that Toshiie was called Inu, 犬 or "dog" by Nobunaga. Due to a long-standing belief that dogs and monkeys are never friendly to each other, Toshiie is often depicted as reserved and stern, in contrast to Hideyoshi's talkative and easy-going nature.
Military life
Toshiie began his career as a member of the akahoro-shū (赤母衣衆), the unit under Oda Nobunaga's personal command. He later became an infantry captain (ashigaru taishō 足軽大将) in the Oda army. During his military career, Toshiie made the acquaintance of many important figures, such as Hashiba Hideyoshi, Sassa Narimasa, Niwa Nagahide, Ikeda Tsuneoki, and others. Toshiie also was a lifelong rival of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After defeating the Asakura clan, Maeda fought under Shibata Katsuie in the Hokuriku area.
He participated in the 1560 Battle of Okehazama, the 1567 Siege of Inabayama, the 1570 Battle of Anegawa, the 1575 Battle of Nagashino, the 1577 Battle of Tedorigawa. He was eventually granted the fief of Fuchu, and a han (Kaga Domain) spanning Noto and Kaga Provinces. Despite its small size, Kaga was a highly productive province which would eventually develop into the wealthiest han in Edo period Japan, with a net worth of 1 million koku (百万石); thus, it was nicknamed Kaga Hyaku-man-goku (加賀百万石).
Toshiie benefited from a core group of very capable senior vassals. Some, like Murai Nagayori and Okumura Nagatomi, were retainers of long standing with the Maeda.
After Nobunaga's assassination at Honnō-ji (本能寺) by Akechi Mitsuhide and Mitsuhide's subsequent defeat by Hideyoshi, he battled Hideyoshi under Shibata's command in the Battle of Shizugatake 1583. After Shibata's defeat, Toshiie worked for Hideyoshi and became one of his leading generals. Somewhere during this time he was forced to fight another of his friends, Sassa Narimasa. Narimasa was greatly outnumbered and felled by Toshiie, following the major Maeda victory at the Battle of Suemori Castle 1584. Later, he fought in the Odawara Campaign 1590.
Death
Before dying in 1598, Hideyoshi named Toshiie to the council of Five Elders to support Toyotomi Hideyori until he was old enough to take control on his own. However, Toshiie himself was ailing, and could manage to support Hideyori for only a year before he died as well in 1599. Toshiie was succeeded by his son Toshinaga.

**Lord(s):**林秀貞 → 織田信長 → 秀信 → 豊臣秀吉 → 秀頼

**Father:**前田利昌

**Mother:**長齢院（竹野氏）

**Sibling(s):**利久、利玄、安勝、利家、佐脇良之、秀継

**Spouse(s):**正室：まつ（篠原一計娘）、側室：寿福院、隆興院、金晴院、明運院、逞正院

**Children:**利長、利政、知好、利常、利孝、利貞、幸（前田長種室）、蕭 （中川光重室）、摩阿（豊臣秀吉側室 → 万里小路充房側室）、豪（宇喜多秀家室）、与免（浅野幸長と婚約）、千世（細川忠隆正室 → 村井長次室）、菊、保智（武田信吉と婚約）、福、他

**Adopted Children:**福寿院（水野忠清正室）