Tachibana Muneshige

Tachibana Muneshige's portrait

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tachibana.

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 daimyo. 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.

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

Preceded by Tachibana Ginchiyo

Tachibana family head 1581-1637

Succeeded by Tachibana Tadashige