Ii Naohira (井伊 直平, 1479? or 1489? - October 5, 1563[1]) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Imagawa clan. He was born in 1479 or 1489, as the son of Ii Naouji, the lord of Iinoya castle.
Ii Naohira | |
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| Head of Ii clan | |
| Preceded by | Ii Naouji |
| Succeeded by | Ii Naomune |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1479? or 1489? |
| Died | October 5, 1563 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Imagawa clan |
| Unit | Ii clan |
In 1507, he contributed three rice paddies to Jijōin, the family temple and the birthplace his ancestor, Ii Tomoyasu. Ii invited the priest Mokushū Zuien to Iinoho (Iinoya) and changed the temple name from Jijōin to Ryūtaiji. In 1511, he gave productive land to Hohta Sukeshiro and communicated that to Hohta Negi.
His known daughter became the concubine of Imagawa Yoshimoto for a time before married Sekiguchi Chikanaga. She bore the famous Lady Tsukiyama, the first wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu, from that marriage.
His great-grandson Ii Naomasa was adopted by Ii Naotora, and became a feared general under Tokugawa Ieyasu who is considered one of his Four Guardians.
Family
edit- Father: Ii Naouji
- Wife: Ihira Sadanao’s daughter
- Children:
- Ii Naomune by Ihira Sadanao’s daughter
- Ii Naomitsu by Ihira Sadanao’s daughter
- Ii Naoyoshi by Ihira Sadanao’s daughter
- Ii Naomoto
- Ihira Naoyasu
- daughter become Imagawa Yoshimoto’s concubine later married Sekiguchi Chikanga
References
edit- ^ Kusudo, Yoshiaki (2016) 女城主・井伊直虎 [Onna jōshu Ii Naotora] PHP library. pp. 169-172