Matsunaga Hisahide
Matsunaga Hisahide | |
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| Daimyo of Yamato Province | |
| In office 1559 – November 19, 1577 | |
| Succeeded by | Tsutsui Junkei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1508 |
| Died | November 19, 1577 Shigisan Castle, Yamato Province |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Children | Matsunaga Hisamichi Matsunaga Nagatane |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Matsunaga Nagayori (brother) Matsunaga Teitoku (grandson) Matsunaga Sekigo (great grandson) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Miyoshi clan Oda clan |
| Unit | Matsunaga clan |
| Commands | Kyoto (Governor) Yamato Province (Daimyo) |
| Battles/wars | Assassination of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1565) Siege of Shigisan (1577) |
Matsunaga Danjō Hisahide (松永 弾正 久秀 1508 – November 19, 1577) was a daimyō and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan in Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
He has historical reputation as one of Japan's Three Great Villains (日本三大梟雄), a nickname which he shared with Ukita Naoie and Saitō Dōsan, due to their ambitious and treasonous personality, along with the habit to resort into underhanded tactics and assassinations to eliminate the oppositions.