Matsuda Norihide | |
Native Name: | 松田 憲秀 |
Death Date: | July 17, 1590 |
Death Place: | Odawara castle |
Allegiance: | Hojo clan |
Rank: | Commander |
Battles: | Siege of Fukazawa (1571) Siege of Odawara (1590) |
was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was one of the most important vassals of the Go-Hōjō clan and the salary he got was the highest among Go-Hōjō clan's vassals.[1]
On the occasion of the Siege of Odawara (1590), he insisted on keeping Odawara Castle but later he secretly betrayed Go-Hōjō clan and tried to join Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[1] After the fall of the Go-Hōjō clan, he was ordered to seppuku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[2] [1] [3] On the other hand, his second son Matsuda Hideharu became a vassal of Maeda Toshiie.[4]
His cousin Matsuda Yasunaga died in the siege of Yamanaka Castle in 1590.[5]