Portrait of Wada Koremasa from Utagawa Yoshiiku's Heroes of the Taiheiki

Wada Koremasa (和田 惟政, 1536–1571) was samurai and senior retainer of the Ashikaga Shogunate.[1] The Wada clan were a powerful ninja family in the Kōka ikki in Kōka District until Koremasa was granted land in Settsu Province in 1568 as a reward for his support for Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga.

Nobunaga held him in high regard.[1] Koremasa was appointed as the lord of Takatsuki castle and given part of the Settsu province.[1] He secured an audience between Oda Nobunaga and the Jesuit Missionary Luís Fróis, and was a staunch supporter of the Catholic Church throughout his life.[2][3] Koremasa fought against Ikeda clan and died during the battle of Shiraigawara in 1571, being killed by Araki Murashige.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "朝日日本歴史人物事典「和田惟政」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "戦国時代の高槻城主 和田惟政". Takatsuki City official. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Johannes. (1959). Two Japanese Christian Heroes. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 1-306-50890-8. OCLC 874101577.



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