Kanamori Nagachika
Life. Nagachika first served the Saitō clan of Mino Province; however, after their Demise at Battle of Inabayama 1567, he became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. During this time he served as the ruler of Matsukura Castle and Takayama Castle. In 1575, at Battle of Nagashino, he and Sakai Tadatsugu ambush Takeda troops and killed Takeda Nobuzane, a younger brother of Shingen. Following Nobunaga's death, in 1582, Nagachika at first sided with Shibata Katsuie, then gave his loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1585, he was dispatched to destroy the Anegakōji clan of Hida Province and was afterwards  given their castle of Takayama. In 1600, he later gave his support to Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sekigahara campaign and led 1,140 men to the Battle of Sekigahara. Nagachika was also a tea master and an admirer of Sen no Rikyū. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered Rikyū's death, Nagachika sheltered Rikyū's son, Sen Dōan.