Ogawa Suketada (小川 祐忠; 1549 – 1601) was a daimyo in Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period. Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... Events January 1 - Windows Win32 FILETIME epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch... The daimyo (大名: daimyō) were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 12th century to the 19th century in Japan. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Azuchi-Momoyama period (安土桃山時代) is a division of... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Edo period (江戸時代) is a division of Japanese...

First, Suketada served Akechi Mitsuhide, and secondly, served Shibata Katsutoyo. After Katsutoyo died, Suketada served Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was given 70,000 koku at Imabari, Iyo Province and became a daimyo. Shrine to Akechi Mitsuhide, Kyoto Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀 Akechi Mitsuhide, 1528 – July 2, 1582), nicknamed Jubei, was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. ... Shibata Katsutoyo (柴田 勝豊; 1556 – June 6, 1583) was a military commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. ... Hideyoshi at his old age. ... A koku (石) is a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year, then as 180. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ...

In 1600 at the battle of Sekigahara, at first he took part in Ishida Mitsunari's force. However, Suketada acted in concert with Kobayakawa Hideaki's betrayal, and changed sides to Tokugawa Ieyasu's force. Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned in a stake for heresy July July 2 - Battle of Nieuwpoort: Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau defeat Spanish forces under Archduke Albert in a battle on the coastal dunes. ... The Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い Sekigahara-no-tatakai) was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. ... Ishida Mitsunari (石田 三成 Ishida Mitsunari 1560-1600) was a samurai who led the West side in the Battle of Sekigahara. ... Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川秀秋, 1582-December 1, 1602) was fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ... Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (also (archaic) Iyeyasu; 徳川 家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, and is commonly known as one of the three great unifiers of feudal Japan (the other two are Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi). ...

But, Suketada had not promised to change seides. Ieyasu was angry at Suketada's betrayal and seized his domain after the battle.