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Seven Spears of Shizugatake
The Seven Spears of Shizugatake (賤ヶ岳の七本槍, Shizugatake no shichi-hon-yari) were a sobriquet of 7 vassals of Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the battle of Shizugatake in 1583. At the decisive moment in the battle, Hideyoshi ordered them to leave the position and charge at the opposing army of Shibata Katsuie. After Hideyoshi gained control of Japan, many of the members were promoted to Daimyō.
The Seven Spears of Shizugatake were the following Samurai:[1]
- Fukushima Masanori (1561–1624)
- Hirano Nagayasu (1559–1628)
- Kasuya Takenori (1562–1607)
- Katagiri Katsumoto (1556–1615)
- Katō Kiyomasa (1562–1611)
- Katō Yoshiaki (1563–1631)
- Wakizaka Yasuharu (1554–1626)
- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 34,49,234. ISBN 9781854095237.
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