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Kutsuki Mototsuna
Kutsuki Mototsuna (朽木 元綱; 1549 – October 12, 1632) was a military commander in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period. His father was Kutsuki Harutsuna (朽木 晴綱). Kutsuki clan was a powerful clan at Kutsuki-tani (朽木谷), Takasima-gori, Omi Province.
Two years old, Mototsuna succeeded to a house since Harutsuna deid in a war. At first, he served an Ashikaga shogunate as a Hokosyu . In 1570, Mototsuna helped Oda Nobunaga when he attacked Asakura Clan and retired through Kutsuki. Because of that, Mototsuna served Nobunaga. He served Hashiba Hideyoshi after Nobunga died in 1582.
In 1600 at the battle of Sekigahara, at the start Mototsuna took part in Ishida Mitsunari's force belonging to Otani Yoshitsugu . However, acting in concert with Kobayakawa Hideaki's betrayal, Mototsuna betrayed with Wakisaka Yasuharu, Ogawa Suketada and Akaza Naoyasu, too. After the battle, Ieyasu let Yasuharu govern his domain ongoingly because of this exploit.
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