Torii Naritsugu
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was the son of Torii Mototada
. He was lord of Yamura fief in Kai province
(worth 35,000 koku
), but was dispossessed in 1632 and banished to his nephew Torii Tadatsune
's domain in Yamagata
.
Torii Mototada
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Torii died at the siege of Fushimi where his garrison was greatly outnumbered and destroyed by the army of Ishida Mitsunari...
. He was lord of Yamura fief in Kai province
Kai Province
, also known as , is an old province in Japan in the area of Yamanashi Prefecture. It lies in central Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with Shizuoka Prefecture....
(worth 35,000 koku
Koku
The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres. The koku was originally defined as a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year...
), but was dispossessed in 1632 and banished to his nephew Torii Tadatsune
Torii Tadatsune
was the son of Torii Tadamasa; his fief reverted to the control of the shogunate when Tadatsune died without an heir....
's domain in Yamagata
Yamagata
-Places in Japan:*Yamagata Prefecture**Yamagata City, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture**Yamagata Airport , an airport located in Yamagata**Yamagata Shinkansen, one of Shinkansen lines running between Tokyo Station and Shinjo Station...
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