Kawajiri Hidetaka
His life. As a vassal of Oda Nobuhide. It is said that he was born in Iwasaki Village, Owari Province. Hidetaka served Oda Nobuhide from an early stage. His real name Hidetaka's "Hide"("秀") is considered to be a bias from Nobuhide's "Hide"("秀") In August 1542, he was only 16 years old and participated in the first Battle of Azukizaka as a vassal of Nobuhide. At this time, he was in a single combat with a commander of Ashigaru "Yuhara"("由原"), who was the forerunner of the Imagawa clan, and gave a martial art of defeating him at  the end of the group battle. As the head  member of "黒母衣衆". After Nobuhide's death, he also served Oda Nobunaga and became the head of the "黒母衣衆".  In the first year of Eiroku (1558), when Nobunaga summoned his younger brother Oda Nobuyuki  to Kiyosu Castle to murder him, he carried out assassination of Nobuyuki . He participates in the Battle of Okehazama in May 1560.   He followed Nobunaga, who suddenly  rushed out, with other only four vassals :  Iwamuro Shigeyasu , Hasegawa Hashisuke , Yamaguchi Hidanokami, Katō Yasaburo . It is said that Mōri Yoshikatsu defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto in the battle, but there is  also a different theory that Hidetaka killed Yoshimoto. In the summer of Eiroku 8 (1565), he was ordered to attack Mino Sarubami Castle with Niwa Nagahide.  The castle owner, Tajimi Shuri-no-Suke, used the advantage of the land to protect the castle well, but Nagahide occupied the neighboring mountain and cut off the water source, and Hidetaka launched an onslaught and dropped the castle. In the fierce battle, Battle of Dōhora castle ,  on September 28 of the same year, he got into the inner citadel  first, which let him win fame in the battle, and forced  the enemy commander , Kishi Nobuharu  to kill himself. After the war, he was given Sarubami Castle by a series of achievements in the attack on Mino, and the castle name was changed to "Katsuyama Castle".  After entering Katsuyama, the castle town of Sakahogi, Chozoji, was designated as Kawajiri's family temple.  He also allegedly supported the reconstruction of Daisen-ji  Temple, which was  burned down in the war. In the 12th year of Eiroku (1569), he was dispatched with Sakai Masahisa  as a messenger telling Imai Sōkyūto hand over the testimony of Sakai Kitasho. In August of the same year, he participated in  the subdue of  Kitabatake clan  based in Okawachi Castle , Ise province.  At this time, he was in charge ofpatrols the headquarters of Oda army inside the fence with  Sugaya Nagayori,  Harada Naomasa, Nakagawa Shigemasa, Maeda Toshiie, etc. The name can be seen in the draft letter of sympathy sent by Munehisa Imai to the Oda clan generals on September 6 of the same year. On February 19, 1570, Imai Sokyu  sent urgent news that Akagi Nobuyasu defeated  the army of Miyoshi in Awaji province. In the draft letter, the names are listed alongside Nagachika Kanamori, Takei Yūan,  Sakai Kōsai, and   Sugaya Naganori  , and it can be seen that he was recognized as one of the Nobunaga's representative aides at that time. On March 6, the same year,  Nakayama Takachika and  Kanroji Tsunemoto visited Nobunaga, but Hidetaka responded due to his absence and received 30 swords as a thank-you. On June 28, the same year, he served in the Battle of Anegawa , and in the siege of Sawayama Castle, where Isono Kazumasa , a vassal of Azai Nagamasa ,  was holding, after the main war, he set up on Nishi-Hikoneyama, one of the attached castles. In the Siege of Shiga  in September of the same year, he entered the fort of Anota with  Sakuma Nobunori,  Akechi Mitsuhide , Murai Sadakatsu , Sassa Narimasa , etc., and played a part in the siege of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei. In February of the 2nd year of Genki (1571), he entered Sawayama Castle after Isono Kazumasa moved out, and since then he has been active as a castle general with Nagahide Niwa. In September of the same year, Nobunaga ordered that the Tendai Temple affiliated with Enryaku-ji  be burned down when Mt. Hiei was burned down, and Hidetaka and Nagahide Niwa burned down  Saimyō-ji