Hiraiwa Chikayoshi (平岩 親吉, 1542 – February 1, 1611) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. He ruled the Inuyama Domain. According to legend, he was involved in a 1611 plot by Tokugawa Ieyasu to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyori, son and intended successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, through use of a poisoned manjū. Though the story has been historically discounted, it remains immortalized in a kabuki play.

Hiraiwa Chikayoshi

In 1576, he assassinate Mizuno Nobumoto, on the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who in turn instructed the assassination on the base that Nobumoto were conspiring with the enemies.[1]

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  1. ^ Watanabe Daimon (2023). "平岩親吉が泣く泣く水野信元を斬り捨てた事情". Yahoo Japan Experts (in Japanese). 渡邊大門 無断転載を禁じます。 © LY Corporation. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.
Preceded by 1st Daimyō of Inuyama
(Hiraiwa)

1607–1611
Succeeded by