Daimyo flags - Tosa (Japan)

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
Keywords: tosa | kuni: tosa | daimyo | disc: black (3) | leaf | yamanouchi kazutoyo | chousokabe morichika |
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• Yamanouchi Kazutoyo
• Chousokabe Morichika

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• Japan
• Daimyo flags, 15th - 17th century

Yamanouchi Kazutoyo

1546-1605

by Jaume Ollé

He served under Toyotomi Hideyoshi and became the lord of Takahama Castle in Wakasa Province in 1585 and Nagahama Castle in Omi Province in the same year. In the Battle of Sekigahara, he was a member of the Eastern force and was awarded 200,000 goku by Tokugawa Ieyasu as the lord of Kochi Castle in Tosa Province. The war banner was black, white and black horizontal three stripes with a white oak leaves in a circle in the upper stripe. It is said that the family emblem was established in the hope that the branch of the oak tree, which was used by the ancestors as a war ornament during battles, would remain after a fierce battle with only three leaves remaining, just like the leaves.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 February 2023

Chousokabe Morichika

1575-1615

by Jaume Ollé

In 1599, he succeeded his father's estate and became the lord of a 220,000-goku castle in Tosa Province. He belonged to Toyotomi's side during the Osaka Summer Battle, but was captured and beheaded. The war banner has yellow background with three black circles.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 February 2023