Yamauchi Kazutoyo

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Yamauchi".

Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Bronze statue of Yamauchi in Kochi
Lord of Kakegawa
In office 1590–1600
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Matsudaira Sadakatsu
Lord of Tosa
In office 1601–1605
Preceded by	Chōsogabe Morichika
Succeeded by	Yamauchi Tadayoshi
Personal details
Born	1546? Owari Province, Japan
Died	November 1, 1605 Kōchi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Yamauchi Chiyo

Statue of Yamauchi Chiyo with the horse she gave to her husband.

Yamauchi Kazutoyo (山内 一豊 （やまうち かつとよ）) also spelled Yamanouchi (1545/1546? – November 1, 1605), was born the son of Yamanouchi Moritoyo in Owari Province at the end of the Sengoku period of Japan. Kazutoyo held the title of Tosa no kami.

Kazutoyo served under Oda Nobunaga between from 1565 to 1582, the year Nobunaga was killed. Kazutoyo fought in the Battle of Anegawa, as well as the Battle of Nagashino. After the death of Nobunaga, Kazutoyo stayed on as a vassal under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In doing so, he was rewarded with a 50,000-koku fief at Kakegawa. In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Kazutoyo supported Tokugawa Ieyasu, leading more than 2,000 men in that battle, and captured Gifu Castle as a result. As a reward for his achievements, Kazutoyo was given the Tosa Domain. To bring certain unruly warriors of Tosa into line, Kazutoyo called on the assistance of Ii Naomasa, who sent Suzuki Hyoe for this purpose.

Kazutoyo built Kōchi Castle. His life spanned the closing years of the Sengoku period, the Azuchi-Momoyama period, and the beginning of the Edo period.

In drama

The 45th NHK Taiga drama (2006) is a dramatization of the life of Kazutoyo, with his wife Chiyo as the central character. Kōmyō-ga-tsuji: Yamauchi Kazutoyo no Tsuma stars Nakama Yukie as Chiyo. Takaya Kamikawa plays Kazutoyo. The story tells Chiyo,as a wise and beautiful wife, helped her husband Yamauchi Kazutoyo up from an ordinary samurai to the governor of an entire province, Tosa. The story is by Shiba Ryōtarō.

Further reading

• Tabata Yasuko 田端泰子. Yamanouchi Kazutoyo to Chiyo: Sengoku bushi no kazokuzō 山內一豊と千代 : 戦国武士の家族像. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 2005.

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Preceded by none	Lord of Kakegawa 1590-1600	Succeeded by Matsudaira Sadakatsu
Preceded by Chōsokabe Morichika	Lord of Tosa 1601-1605	Succeeded by Yamauchi Tadayoshi