1547 – January 24, 1622 was a Japanese daimyō and a brother of Oda Nobunaga Nihonshi yōgoshū B. (Tokyo: Yamakawa shuppansha, 2000), p. 129. who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as or , the Tokyo neighborhood Yūrakuchō is named for him. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John.
Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the Japanese tea ceremony, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyū. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.
In June 1582, during Honnoji Incident, he was one of the vassals of Nobutada in Nijō Castle, he was able to survive and fled to Gifu Castle.
In 1584, he then joined Oda Nobukatsu and collaborated with Tokugawa Ieyasu against Hideyoshi at the Komaki - Nagakute campaign and battled against Takigawa Kazumasu at the Siege of Kanie Castle. Later, he was one of the peacemakers between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, also between Sassa Narimasa and Maeda Toshiie.
In 1600, he sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu and fought at the Battle of Sekigahara. He brought 450 soldiers to join Ieyasu eastern side and confronted Gamō Yorisato (Satoie) from western side. He was awarded 30,000 koku in Yamato Province after the war.
In 1615, Nagamasu divided his fief between his sons Oda Nagamasa and Oda Hisanaga. Nagamasa founded the Kaijū-Shibamura Domain, "Shibamura-han" on Edo 300 HTML (14 July 2008). while Hisanaga became lord of the Yanagimoto Domain. "Yanagimoto-han" on Edo 300 HTML (14 July 2008). He died in Kyoto on December 13 of 1621. Aged 74.
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