Jinbō Nagamoto

Jinbō Nagamoto
Native name	神保 長職
Born	Unknown Etchū Province
Died	After 1570
Rank	Daimyō
Commands	Toyama Castle, Tomisaki Castle, Masuyama Castle
Battles / wars	Siege of Toyama castle, Siege of Masuyama castle

In this Japanese name, the surname is Jinbō.

Jinbō Nagamoto (神保 長職, fl. 1560s) was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the Jinbō clan [ja] and Shugodai of the Etchū Province.[1][2]

In the mid-16th century, the Jinbō clan was the most powerful clan in the Etchū province.[3] Sometimes it feuded with the Shiina clan [ja] led by Nagamoto's rival Shiina Yasutane. One such feud was the battle of Imizu in 1554, where, in one of the few documented cases of two generals engaging personally in combat on the field, Nagamoto slashed Yasutane across the jaw and disfigured him for the rest of his life.[4] Uesugi Kenshin of the Uesugi clan began mediating their disputes in the early 1560s, but soon sided with the Shiina. Although Nagamoto surrendered when he was attacked by Kenshin at Toyama Castle in 1570,[5] Kenshin expelled him from Toyama.[2]

References

1. "富山城の歴史戦国時代編2" (in Japanese). Toyama city official. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
2. "日本の城がわかる事典「富山城」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
3. "真宗大谷派 本覚寺" (in Japanese). Toyama Tourism Organization. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
4. Abe, Yoshichiro (1973). 戦国の合戦全録 [Sengoku no Kassen Zenroku]. Japan.
5. "日本の城がわかる事典「松倉城」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 29 October 2021.