--- jonathan lee <
shinobij@...> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Nate. Did Hidemitsu fight at the battle
> of Yamazaki or Honnoji temple?
>
> Thanks again
>
> Jonn
No problem--I guess I should clarify, when I said "I'm
fascinated by him", I meant Mitsuhide, not Samanosuke.
Samanosuke is really nothing more than a footnote in
history, video games aside, while Mitsuhide single
handedly changed the course of Japanese (and hence
world) history. Imagine a Japan united under Nobunaga,
no sakoku, Jesuits free to preach...
Anyways, I've heard conflicting things. My
recollection is that Samanosuke was holding
Sakamoto-jo during the battle of Yamazaki, after
participating in the sack of Azuchi. The bio states he
was at Sakamoto when Mitsuhide was trying to escape
after Yamazaki, and I trust FW Seal's research.
I just did a google search in both English and
Japanese, and 96% of what I find is related to the
Onimusha game. 2% of the remainder is related to other
games, like Taiko-ki. What in the hell possessed them
to use some nobody like this guy? Other than he's got
a famous painting of him, you barely even get a
mention of him even in relation to sources on his
cousin/brother/uncle Mitsuhide (even on the
relationship there is confusion!). Mitsuharu is much
more prominent. The only other story I've heard about
him is that he hid under some dead bodies when he was
defeated, in order to stay alive to attack the
opposing general, but this may have been someone else.
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