Oda Nagamasu

Oda Nagamasu (織田 長益, 1548 – January 24, 1622) was a Japanese daimyō and a brother of Oda Nobunaga[1] who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as Yūraku (有楽) and Urakusai (有楽斎), the Tokyo neighborhood Yūrakuchō is named for him. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John.

Oda Nagamasu
Oda Nagamasu
Personal details
Born	1548 Owari Province, Japan
Died	January 24, 1621 Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, Japan
Nationality	Japanese

Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the Japanese tea ceremony, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyū. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.

Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons Nagamasa and Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain,[2] while Hisanaga became lord of the Yanagimoto Domain.[3]

Family

• Father: Oda Nobuhide (1510–1551)
• Brothers
  • Oda Nobuhiro (died 1574)
  • Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)
  • Oda Nobuyuki (1536–1557)
  • Oda Nobukane (1548–1614)
  • Oda Nobuharu (1549–1570)
  • Oda Nobutoki (died 1556)
  • Oda Nobuoki
  • Oda Hidetaka (died 1555)
  • Oda Hidenari
  • Oda Nobuteru
  • Oda Nagatoshi
• Sisters:
  • Oichi (1547–1583)
  • Oinu
• Son:
  • Oda Nagamasa (1587–1670)

References

1. Nihonshi yōgoshū B. (Tokyo: Yamakawa shuppansha, 2000), p. 129.
2. (in Japanese) "Shibamura-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (14 July 2008).
3. (in Japanese) "Yanagimoto-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (14 July 2008).

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