Watanabe_Moritsuna

Watanabe Moritsuna

Watanabe Moritsuna

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Watanabe Moritsuna (渡辺 守綱) (1542–1620) was a Japanese samurai of the Watanabe clan, who served the Tokugawa clan. Born in Mikawa Province.

Watanabe Moritsuna

He joined Ieyasu in 1557 and fought in such famous battles as the Battles of Anegawa (1570), Mikatagahara (1573) and Nagashino (1575). He was nicknamed Yari no Hanzo (Spear Hanzo) because of his skill with the spear, but it was also to distinguish him from the Tokugawa samurai Hattori Hanzō who was called Oni no Hanzō.

Watanabe Moritsuna's grave (Toyota, Aichi Prefecture)



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