Tachibana Muneshige

Tachibana Muneshige
立花宗茂
Tachibana Muneshige
Lord of Tanagura
In office 1603–1620
Succeeded by	Niwa Nagashige
Lord of Yanagawa
In office 1620–?
Preceded by	Tanaka Tadamasa
Succeeded by	Tachibana Tadashige
Personal details
Born	Senkumamaru (千熊丸) December 18, 1567
Died	November 15, 1643(1643-11-15) (aged 75)
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse	Tachibana Ginchiyo
Parent	Takahashi Shigetane (father)
Relatives	Tachibana Dōsetsu (father-in-law)
Other name	Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎)
Military service
Allegiance	Ōtomo clan Toyotomi clan Western Army Tokugawa shogunate
Unit	Tachibana clan
Battles/wars	Kyūshū Campaign Siege of Odawara Korean Campaign Siege of Ōtsu Siege of Yanagawa Siege of Osaka Shimabara Rebellion

Tachibana Muneshige (立花宗茂, December 18, 1567 – November 15, 1643), known in his youth as Senkumamaru (千熊丸) and alternatively called Tachibana Munetora (立花宗虎 or 立花統虎), was a samurai during the Azuchi–Momoyama period and an Edo-period daimyō. He was the eldest biological son of Takahashi Shigetane, a retainer of Ōtomo clan. He was adopted by Tachibana Dōsetsu, and later married his daughter Tachibana Ginchiyo, succeeding the Tachibana clan.

Muneshige in popular culture

See People of the Sengoku period in popular culture.

Honours

• Junior Third Rank (November 10, 1915; posthumous)

References

• 立花家十七代が語る立花宗茂と柳川
• 立花宗茂|戦国武将列伝
• 風雲戦国史-戦国武将の家紋- 立花氏
• 大友家人名ファイル - 立花宗茂
• 明史 卷320
• 戦国期の人々の墓(供養塔) - 立花宗茂の墓

Further reading

• Genjō Sanjin. Kyūshū sengokushi: Bekki gundan. Tōkyō: Rekishi Toshosha, 1978. OCLC 70792159
• Kawamura, Tetsuo. Tachibana Muneshige. Fukuoka-shi: Nishi Nihon Shinbunsha, 1999. ISBN 4816704884 OCLC 44470864
• Nakano, Hitoshi. Tachibana Muneshige. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2001. ISBN 4642052208 OCLC 46390748
• Tachibana, Muneshige, and Tōun Hasegawa. Ehon hōkan. Setsuyō [Osaka]: Kankidō Shigeyuki, 1688. OCLC 26843338