Saitō Toshimitsu
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Saitō Toshimitsu | |
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| 斎藤 利三 | |
| File:Saito Kuranosuke.jpg Portrait of Saitō Toshimitsu from Utagawa Yoshiiku's Heroes of the Taiheiki | |
| Lord of Kuroi Castle | |
| In office 1579–1582 | |
| Preceded by | Akai Naomasa |
| Succeeded by | Horio Yoshiharu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1534 Mino Province |
| Died | July 6, 1582 (aged 47–48) |
| Children | Lady Kasuga |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | File:家徽.jpg Saitō clan File:Inaba crest1.svg Inaba clan File:Mizu-Iro Tokikikyo.png Akechi clan |
| Commands | Kuroi Castle |
| Battles/wars | Tanba Campaign (1575) Siege of Kuroi Castle (1579) Honnoji Incident (1582) Battle of Yamazaki (1582) |
Saitō Toshimitsu (斎藤 利三, 1534 – July 6, 1582) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and commander of Kuroi Castle.[1] He was a retainer of Inaba Ittetsu,[2] but later joined Akechi Mitsuhide. Oda Nobunaga was not pleased that Toshimitsu chose to work under Mitsuhide, and if not for Mitsuhide's intervention, Nobunaga would have killed him. Toshimitsu was also vital in Akechi's betrayal at Honnō-ji and at the Battle of Yamazaki.[3] He was the father of the Lady Kasuga, who became a preeminent retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate.[3]
