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Japanese female warrior
My?ki
(妙喜) or
Myokini
(妙喜尼) was a Japanese female warrior (
Onna-musha
) from the
Sengoku period
. She was the daughter of
T?yama Naokage
and wife of
Suwabe Sadakatsu
. My?ki was best known for defending Hio castle in
Musashi Province
against the
Takeda clan
attack.
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Defense of Hio Castle
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My?ki's husband was Suwabe Sadakatsu the lord of Hio castle and retainer of
Later H?j? clan
.
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In 1568
Takeda Shingen
laid siege in
Hachigata Castle
, which was controlled by
H?j? Ujikuni
, but Ujikuni successfully defended. After this, Shingen launched several attacks in the provinces of
Suruga
,
Totomi
,
Sagami
and Musashi against the H?j? and
Imagawa clan
.
In December 1569,
Yamagata Masakage
marched to the Hio castle, an unexpected attack, Myoki went into battle for an unusual reason, her husband was drunk and could not lead the defense. Myoki decided to take the lead, she left the party with her maids carrying sake, summoned the soldiers, armed herself, and went to the castle door. Therefore, it is said that Sadakatsu entrusted the castle to his wife. She commanded troops on the front line and held it until the warlord woke up.
The case of Hio castle being defended by a woman when the castle lord was drunk gained attention from the enemy army. Even after this, My?ki successfully defended the castle and Takeda's troops retreated.
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References
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日本人名大?典+Plus,朝日日本?史人物事典, デジタル版.
"妙喜(みょうき)とは"
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コトバンク
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
2019-05-09
.
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"武??日尾城(城郭放浪記)"
.
城郭放浪記
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
2019-05-09
.