Watanabe Moritsuna
Watanabe Moritsuna | |
|---|---|
| 渡辺 守綱 | |
Watanabe Moritsuna | |
| Lord of Terabe Castle | |
| In office 1590–1620 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1542 |
| Died | 1620 (aged 77–78) |
| Nickname | Yari no Hanzō (Hanzō the spear) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Tokugawa clan Tokugawa Shogunate |
| Commands | Terabe Castle |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Nagasawa (1561) Battle of Azukizaka (1564) Siege of Kakegawa (1569) Battle of Anegawa (1570) Battle of Mikatagahara (1573) Battle of Nagashino (1575) Battle of Komaki-Nagakute (1584) Siege of Odawara (1590) Battle of Sekigahara (1610) Siege of Osaka (1614) |
Watanabe Moritsuna (渡辺 守綱) (1542–1620) or Watanabe Hanzō, nicknamed Yari no Hanzō (槍の半蔵, Spear Hanzō), was a Japanese samurai of the Watanabe clan, who served the Tokugawa clan under Tokugawa Ieyasu and later served as a hatamoto and then a daimyo to the Tokugawa shogunate. He is one of the Tokugawa 16 divine generals (Tokugawa jūrokushinshōjin).