Sassa Narimasa

Sassa Narimasa (佐々 成政, February 6, 1536 – July 7, 1588), also known as Kura-no-suke (内蔵助), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi–Momoyama period.[1] Narimasa was born in what is now Nishi-ku, Nagoya (situated in contemporary Aichi District, Owari Province). He became a retainer of Oda Nobunaga in 1550[1]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Sassa.
Sassa Narimasa
Native name
佐々 成政
BornFebruary 6, 1536 (1536-02-06)
Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Owari Province, Japan
DiedJuly 7, 1588(1588-07-07) (aged 52)
Allegiance Oda clan
Toyotomi clan
Battles/warsSiege of Inabayama
Battle of Anegawa
Battle of Tedorigawa
Battle of Arakawa
Siege of Uozu
Siege of Suemori
Siege of Toyama

Career

In 1567, he fought in the Siege of Inabayama Castle against Saitō clan. In 1570, he fought in the Battle of Anegawa against the Azai clan and Asakura clans. In 1577, he participated in the Battle of Tedorigawa against the Uesugi clan. In 1581, he defended Toyama Castle against Kawada Nagayori in the Battle of Arakawa. In 1582, he and Shibata Katsuie successfully laid siege to Uozu against the Uesugi clan.[2] He was granted Etchū Province as a reward for helping Shibata Katsuie fight the Uesugi clan.

After Oda Nobunaga's death in 1582, Narimasa joined Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Tokugawa alliance unsuccessfully challenged Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Siege of Suemori in 1584 and Siege of Toyama in 1585. Narimasa submitted to Hideyoshi and his life was spared.

In 1587, he was given a fief in Higo Province in Kyushu. However, due to difficulties in suppressing a local revolt, he committed suicide (seppuku) by Hideyoshi's instruction in 1588.[1]

Narimasa's daughter Teruko married kuge Takatsukasa Nobufusa and they had a son, Nobuhisa and a daughter, Takako.[3][4]

  • Sassa Narimasa (1536–1588) battle standard, left

Family
  • Father: Sassa Morimasa
  • Siblings:
    • Sassa Magosuke (distinguished as one of the Seven Spears of Azukizaka. Died in Battle of Inabugahara against Oda Nobuyuki; 1556)
    • Sassa "Hayato no Kami" Masatsugu (distinguished as one of the Seven Spears of Azukizaka. Died in battle of Okehazama; 1560)
  • Wife: Haruhime later Jiko-in
  • Children:
    • Matsuchiyomaru (died in third siege of Nagashima in 1574)
    • Teruko (d. 1630), who married Takatsukasa Nobufusa

Notes
  1. 佐々成政資料館 Archived 2007-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. pp. 228, 230–231. ISBN 1854095234.
  3. 鷹司家（摂家） Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. japan world

See also


  1. Turnbull, Stephen (1977). The Samurai. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 156–160. ISBN 9780026205405.
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