This peasant of Aki province was a noted sandal maker who supplied straw sandals for various men of the Mori clan.
Born the son of a farmer in Inaba province, he became an ashigaru of the Mori clan in 1600, and was stationed at Osaka castle under Terumoto's command when the western forces were destroyed by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Sekigahara.
He was a noted pirate from Iwamiprovince who participated in the attack on Miyajima on the side of the Mori in 1555.
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