Ōta Kazuyoshi

Ōta Kazuyoshi (Japanese: 太田一吉, birth year unknown – 1617) was a samurai and daimyo of the Azuchi–Momoyama period who served as a vassal of the Toyotomi clan. The true surname of the Ōta family was Sugawara, and he was from Ōta village in Mino Province.

Originally a vassal of the Shiba clan, his father Ōta Munekiyo and he served the Oda clan from that time.

He was close to Ishida Mitsunari, and together with Mitsunari, Fukuhara Nagataka, and Kumagai Naomori formed the civil faction, opposing the military faction of Katō Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, and others.

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Kazuyoshi served Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. During the Imjin War in 1592, he served as a supervisor and took part in the First Battle of Jinju, the Battle of Namwon, the Battle of Ulsan, and others.

At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he had his nephew Masanari join the Eastern Army and his son Kazunari join the Western Army, while he himself feigned illness and shut himself up in his main castle. After the result of the battle led to the purge of Ishida's faction, Kazuyoshi retired to Kyoto and died in 1617.