Hachisuka Iemasa

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hachisuka.

Hachisuka Iemasa (蜂須賀 家政; 1558 – February 2, 1639) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. Iemasa, the son of Hachisuka Masakatsu or Koroku, was the founder of the Tokushima Domain. He was one of some daimyo who have bad terms with Ishida Mitsunari.

Statue of Hachisuka Iemasa

Hachisuka Iemasa
蜂須賀 家政
Head of Hachisuka clan
In office 1586–1639
Preceded by	Hachisuka Masakatsu
Succeeded by	Hachisuka Tadateru
Lord of Tokushima
In office 1600–1614
Succeeded by	Hachisuka Yoshishige
Personal details
Born	1558 Owari Province, Japan
Died	February 2, 1639
Children	Hachisuka Yoshishige
Relatives	Hachisuka Masakatsu (father) Hachisuka Tadateru (grandson) Kuroda Nagamasa (brother in law)
Military service
Allegiance	Oda clan Toyotomi clan Eastern Army Tokugawa Shogunate
Rank	Daimyo
Battles/wars	Battle of Yamazaki (1582) Invasion of Shikoku (1585) Korean campaign (1592-1598) Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

His father was a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. But later Iemasa served both Oda Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, taking part in the Battle of Yamazaki in 1582, invasion of Shikoku in 1585, and Hideyoshi's Korean campaign from 1592 to 1598. After Hideyoshi gained control of Shikoku, Awa Province was given to Hachisuka Iemasa along with Awaji Island.^[1][2] He and his family were appointed as lords of the fief with an income of 257,000 koku; the family ruled until the end of the Edo period.

In 1600, Iemasa fought on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, and was allowed to retain his fief for his service there.

Family

• Father: Hachisuka Masakatsu
• Mother: Daishō-in (d. 1611)
• Wife: Jiko-in (1563–1606), daughter of Ikoma Ienaga, lord of Koori castle, and descendant of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
• Concubine: commoner
• Children:
  • Hachisuka Yoshishige by Jiko-in
  • Manhime (1593–1612) married Ikeda Yoshiyuki by commoner
  • Akihime married Ii Naotaka by commoner
  • Tatsuhime (d. 1629) married Matsudaira Tadamitsu by commoner