Satomi Yoshihiro

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{{nihongo|Satomi Yoshihiro|里見 義弘||1530 – July 5, 1578}} was a samurai of the Satomi family who fought against the Hōjō clan during Japan's Sengoku period.{{cite web|url=https://www.city.tateyama.chiba.jp/satomi/siryouhen/ryakureki/ryakureki.html|title=里見氏歴代経歴|publisher=Tateyama city official|language=ja|access-date=26 October 2021}}

He participated in the Siege of Odawara (1561) against Hōjō clan under Uesugi Kenshin.

Later, he was defeated by Hōjō Ujiyasu at the battle of Kōnodai (1564); his father, Satomi Yoshitaka, had been defeated by Ujiyasu's father, Hōjō Ujitsuna, in the battle of Kōnodai (1538).{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9B%BD%E5%BA%9C%E5%8F%B0%E5%9F%8E-179931|title=国府台城(読み)こうのだいじょう 日本の城がわかる事典「国府台城」の解説|publisher=kotobank|access-date=26 October 2021}}

Yoshihiro also commanded forces in the 1567 battle of Mifunedai in which the enemy commander, Ōta Ujisuke, was killed.

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References

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

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