* Image is for illustrative purposes only.Natsuka Masaie
長束正家
One of the Toyotomi Five Commissioners, lord of Minakuchi-Okayama Castle in Ōmi, who supported Hideyoshi's regime with his talent for arithmetic
Description
Natsuka Masaie (1562-1600) was a samurai commander who handled finance and logistics administration as one of the Five Commissioners (go-bugyō) of the Toyotomi regime. Trusted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he became lord of Minakuchi-Okayama Castle in Ōmi Province. He is known as a practical, bureaucratic-type commander who excelled at arithmetic and took sole charge of the management of provisions, weapons, and gold and silver. At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he joined the Western Army together with Ishida Mitsunari and others and deployed on Mount Nangū, but was blocked by Kikkawa Hiroie, could not take part in the main battle, and withdrew. Afterwards, he was deceived and captured at Minakuchi, and committed seppuku. He was an unsung pillar who supported the economic foundation of the Toyotomi regime.
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