Matsui Munenobu

In this Japanese name, the surname is Matsui.

Matsui Munenobu (松井 宗信; 1515 – June 12, 1560) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was also known as Matsui Gohachirō.^[1] Born the son of Matsui Sadamune, he was a retainer of the Imagawa clan.^[2] After the death of his brother in the year Eiroku-2 (1559), he became lord of Futamata Castle in Tōtōmi Province.^[2] The next year, he joined Imagawa Yoshimoto's army on its march to Kyoto, and was killed en route by Oda forces at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560.^[2]

His son, Munetsune, would go on to serve the Takeda Clan.

Family

• Matsui Sadamune (Ja:松井貞宗): Father
• Matsui Nobushige (Ja:松井 信薫): Brother
• Matsui Munetsune (Ja:松井 宗恒): Son