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Saitō Toshimitsu

Saitō Toshimitsu

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Saitō.

Saitō Toshimitsu (斎藤 利三, 1534 – July 6, 1582) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was a castle commander of Kuroi Castle.[1] He was a retainer of Inaba Ittetsu,[2] but later joined Akechi Mitsuhide.

Quick Facts Lord of Kuroi Castle, Preceded by ...

Oda Nobunaga was not pleased that Toshimitsu chose to work under Mitsuhide, and if not for Mitsuhide's intervention Nobunaga would have killed him.

Toshimitsu was also vital for the Akechi action at Honnō-ji and the Battle of Yamazaki.[3]

He was the father of the Lady Kasuga, who became a preeminent retainer of the Tokugawa Shogunate.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "黒井城" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    (in Japanese) 【よろパラ 〜文学歴史の10〜 日本史人物列伝『斎藤利三』】
  3. [3]
    明智家臣団


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