- In this Japanese name, the family name is Imagawa.
Imagawa Ujizane (今川氏真, Imagawa Ujizane? 1538-January 27, 1615) was a Japanese daimyo who lived from the mid-Sengoku through early Edo periods. He was the son of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and the father of Imagawa Norimochi and Shinagawa Takahisa.
Early life
Ujizane was born in Sunpu; he was the eldest son of Imagawa Yoshimoto. In 1554, he married the daughter of Hōjō Ujitsuna as a means of cementing the three-way alliance between the Imagawa, Takeda, and Hōjō clans. Ujizane inherited family headship in 1558, when his father retired in order to focus his attention on the Imagawa advance into Tōtōmi and Mikawa Provinces.[1]
Fall of the Imagawa clan
After Yoshimoto's death Imagawa Ujizane was attacked by Shingen and Ieyasu. Ujizane later retaliated at the Takeda army by stopping supplying them with salt. This had little effect because Kenshin Uesugi took the opportunity to sell salt to the Takeda, and only resulted in the downfall of the Imagawa clan. Like his father he also enjoyed playing Kemari.
Later Years and Death
The Imagawa family was summoned by Tokugawa Ieyasu and made Tokugawa retainers, with the rank of kōke. Ujizane died at the family estate in Shinagawa in 1615.
References
- ^ Stephen Turnbull, Samurai: The World of the Warrior (London: Osprey Publishing, 2003), p. 224.
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