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Inaba Yoshimichi

 
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Inaba Yoshimichi (稲葉良通?, 1515–January 5, 1589), also known as Inaba Ittetsu (稲葉一鉄), was an officer under the Saitō clan and one of the famed "Mino Triumvirate" (西美濃三人衆 Nishi Mino Sanninshū?) (along with Andō Michitari and Ujiie Bokuzen) during the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century in Japan.

Yoshimichi was very gifted at the martial arts.[citation needed] After he defected to the Oda clan, he contributed greatly in many battles, such as the Battle of Anegawa, the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War and the Sieges of Nagashima. During the Incident at Honnō-ji, Yoshimichi sided with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Yoshimichi often wielded many different types of weapons, one of which was previously held and wielded by some of Japan's most famous of samurai, That was a spear with an extra blade at the other end of the spear, also he was a master swordsman, equal to that of Mitsuhide Akechi.



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