Torii Mototada

Torii Mototada (Japanese鸟 居 元忠; * 1539, † 1600) was a samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the son of Torii Tadayoshi. He was commander of the garrison of the castle of Fushimi ( now a district of Kyoto ).

When the army of Ishida Mitsunari advanced on the castle, Torii Mototada decided, despite warnings from his scouts to stay in the castle to show through the interception of enemy troops his loyalty to his lord Tokugawa Ieyasu. His men held the siege of ten days was, to the castle - probably by a traitor in their own ranks - caught fire. After that she made ​​several sorties against the numerically far superior enemy. After the last failure remained only ten men, with whom the castle was no longer tenable.

Mototada committed seppuku then, which assisted him a warrior of the enemy as Kaishaku - Nin. This case of seppuku is one of the most famous in the history of Japan.

The withstanding Torii Mototada Tokugawa Ieyasu gave plenty of time to set up a combat-ready army and defeat Ishida Mitsunari at the Battle of Sekigahara.

  • Samurai
  • Born in 1539
  • Died in 1600
  • Man
Kaishaku-Nin
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