Matsunaga Hisahide

Matsunaga Hisahide
Daimyo of Yamato Province
In office
1559 – November 19, 1577
Succeeded byTsutsui Junkei
Personal details
Born1508 (1508)
DiedNovember 19, 1577(1577-11-19) (aged 68–69)
ChildrenMatsunaga Hisamichi
Matsunaga Nagatane
Parents
  • Unknown (father)
  • Unknown (mother)
RelativesMatsunaga Nagayori (brother)
Matsunaga Teitoku (grandson)
Matsunaga Sekigo (great grandson)
Military service
Allegiance Miyoshi clan
Oda clan
Unit Matsunaga clan
CommandsKyoto (Governor)
Yamato Province (Daimyo)
Battles/warsAssassination of Samurai, Daimyo and Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1565)
Siege of Shigisan (1577)
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Matsunaga Danjō Hisahide (松永 弾正 久秀 1508 – November 19, 1577) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan in Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.

He has historical reputation as one of Japan's Three Great Villains (日本三大梟雄), a nickname which he shared with Ukita Naoie and Saitō Dōsan, due to their ambitious and treasonous personality, along with the habit to resort into underhanded tactics and assassinations to eliminate the oppositions.