Miyabe Nagafusa

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Miyabe Nagafusa (宮部長房, Miyabe Nagafusa^? 1581 - 1634) was the son of Miyabe Tsugimasu, succeeding to headship over the clan of Miyabe during the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. After his death, he was given the name Miyabe Nagahiro (宮部長煕). As Nagafusa claimed his father's Tottori Castle of Inaba Province and additional land from Tajima Province initially at the time of his succession in 1596, Nagafusa supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi up until 1599 -- the year at which his father passed away in death. Encouraged to mutually assist Tokugawa Ieyasu by some rational means that he would benefit from, during the Sekigahara Campaign of 1600, Nagihiro ran to assist the Western Amry's Kakiya in their support to relieve Otsu Castle from its present besiegement. However, even though Nagafusa initially supported in this attempt--which ended in failure--Ieyasu stripped him of his domain and holdings, throwing him into the custody of Nanbu Toshinao. The reasoning behind this course of action is more than likely justified by the fact that many defenders of Otsu Castle--conjectively including Nagafusa as one of their leaders--historically waved stolen flags from the attacking Mori army, loudly mocking the latter and humiliating them, causing the Mori and its mutual supporters to charge upon the castle with even greater feriosity, effectively seizing it. Nagafusa died in Morioka in 1634. His descendants, who changed their name to Taga (多賀, Taga^?), remained as retainers of the Nanbu clan until the Meiji Restoration, when they reassumed the name of Miyabe.