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INTERACTIVE BATTLE

Kunohe Rebellion

1591年 · Kunohe Castle, Mutsu Province

Kunohe Masazane of the Nanbu house rebelled amid the post-settlement order in Oshu and surrendered after a Toyotomi army surrounded Kunohe Castle.

Background

Changes of lordship and surveys after Odawara overlapped with succession conflict within the Nanbu house, leading the Kunohe faction to rebel.

Outcome

A large Toyotomi force surrounded Kunohe Castle and Masazane surrendered. He and other leaders were executed, and regional rule was reorganized around Nanbu Nobunao.

Kunohe Rebellion — Kunohe Castle, Mutsu Province

Course of the battle

1　1591

Kunohe Masazane rebels

Kunohe Masazane and his followers rose against their rivals within the Nanbu and the new post-settlement order.

豊臣秀吉

Toyotomi Hideyoshi — 再仕置軍を派遣

南部信直

Nanbu Nobunao — 南部方当主

Sources12·Certainty: Medium

2　Summer 1591

The Toyotomi army surrounds Kunohe Castle

The Toyotomi government sent a regional army, including Oshu lords, to surround Kunohe Castle.

豊臣秀吉

Toyotomi Hideyoshi — 再仕置軍を派遣

南部信直

Nanbu Nobunao — 南部方当主

Sources12·Certainty: Medium

3　4 September 1591

Kunohe Masazane surrenders

Masazane opened Kunohe Castle and surrendered, ending major organized resistance in Oshu.

豊臣秀吉

Toyotomi Hideyoshi — 再仕置軍を派遣

南部信直

Nanbu Nobunao — 南部方当主

Sources12·Certainty: Medium

Historical significance

Regional history calls it the last battle of Hideyoshi's unification, meaning the end of major organized resistance rather than the end of all conflict.

Key figures

豊臣氏

1

豊臣秀吉

Toyotomi Hideyoshi — 再仕置軍を派遣

豊臣・南部方

Sources12·Certainty: Medium

南部氏

1

南部信直

Nanbu Nobunao — 南部方当主

豊臣・南部方

Sources12·Certainty: Medium

Other events of 1591

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Notes on the data

Troop totals, losses, and individual exploits are limited to what the research note supports.

Sources consulted

  1. 岩手県「九戸政実とは」
  2. 二戸市九戸城跡資料

The numbers in the text refer to the list above. Certainty indicates how far a statement is supported by the cited sources; it does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.

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