About Watanabe Hajime
Lived 1534 – 1612 (aged 77–78). Watanabe Hajime was a military commander.
Watanabe Hajime (1534–1612), son of Watanabe Tōru, was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Mōri clan. He fought at the Battle of Kanbe, against the Hiraga clan of Takayatozaki castle (1551), against the of (1552), at Miyajima (1555) and at Moji (1561). In 1586, he took part in the invasion of Kyushu. In 1588, he went to Kyoto with Mōri Terumoto, and received from Toyotomi Hideyoshi the title of Hida no kami (Governor of Hida Province). He is listed as one of the eighteen generals of the Mōri.
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Who was Watanabe Hajime?
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When was Watanabe Hajime born?
Watanabe Hajime was born in 1534.
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Watanabe Hajime died in 1612.
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Watanabe Hajime was a military commander.
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