a son of Oda Nobuyasu, the Iwakura Oda clan. It is said that it was about the time of this battle that he began to be called by another name like "Yari no Matazaemon" or "Yari no Mataza". In 1560, he took part in the Battle of Okehazama against Imagawa Yoshimoto. Later he was fought in the 1561 Battle of Moribe, the 1570 Siege of Kanegasaki and Battle of Anegawa, the 1575 Battle of Nagashino, the 1577 Battle of Tedorigawa. In 1580, He was eventually granted the fief of Fuchu, and a han (Kaga Domain) spanning Noto and Kaga Provinces. Despite its small size, Kaga was a highly productive province which would eventually develop into the wealthiest han in Edo period Japan, with a net worth of 1 million koku (百万石); thus, it was nicknamed Kaga Hyaku-man-goku (加賀百万石). Toshiie benefited from a core group of very capable senior vassals. Some, like Murai Nagayori and Okumura Nagatomi, were retainers of long standing with the Maeda. In 1582, after Nobunaga's assassination at Honnō-ji (本能寺) by Akechi Mitsuhide and Mitsuhide's defeat by Hideyoshi, at the subsequent meeting in Kiyosu Castle where the future of the Oda clan was discussed, Toshiie supported Shibata Katsuie's. In 1583, he battled Hideyoshi under Katsuie's command in the Battle of Shizugatake, but later during the battle, he changed side to Hideyoshi. In 1584, after Shibata's defeat, Toshiie become leading general for Hideyoshi in Komaki Nagakute Campaign and was forced to fight another of his friends, Sassa Narimasa at the Battle of Suemori Castle. Narimasa was greatly outnumbered and felled by Toshiie. In 1587, following the major Maeda victory, Toshiie sheltered his fellow daimyo Dom Justo Takayama after Justo was expelled from his position as representative of Christians by the shogun's Bantenren order. Later in 1590, Toshiie fought in the Odawara Campaign against Later Hōjō clan. Death Before dying in 1598, Hideyoshi named Toshiie to the council of Five Elders to support Toyotomi Hideyori until he was old enough to take control on his own. However, Toshiie himself was ailing, and could manage to support Hideyori for only a year before he died as well in 1599. Toshiie was succeeded by his son Toshinaga. Family Father: Maeda Toshimasa Mother: Nagayowai-in (d.1573) Siblings: Maeda Toshihisa (d. 1583) Maeda Toshifusa Sawaki Yoshiyuki (d. 1572) Half-Siblings: Maeda Yasukatsu (d. 1594) Maeda Hidetsugu (d. 1585) Maeda Masa (given in marriage to Takabatake Sadayoshi)