Ei Hisatora

Ei Hisatora (頴娃久虎, 1558 - 1587) was a senior retainer beneath the clan of Shimazu throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Initially supporting the Shimazu as a full-fledged retainer within the years at which he was viable for such a privelage, Hisatora specifically held governorship over the Ei District within Satsuma Province, justifiably by means of his headship over the Ei clan. With the passage of many respective years beneath the flag of Shimazu, Hisatora was also known as 'Koshirô' by many of his allies, at which he would also gain a great reputation as a veteran commander within variable campaigns such as at Takabaru of 1576 and the Battle of Mimigawa in 1578, where he primarily elaborated his ability. By the year of 1584, Hisatora had been widely known as a personal counselor to the present lord over Shimazu – Yoshihisa – after taking part in many other variable battles that had taken place within the past, prefferably the Minamata conflict of 1581, where Hisatora scored a moderate name for himself in martial ability. Even though being initially wounded during the final battle against the powerful and influential Ryūzōji Takanobu, in 1584, Hisatora recovered from his ailment and continued to support the Shimazu up until the year of 1587, where it is highly probable that he was utterly destroyed in effect to Hashiba Hidenaga's grand invasion of Kyūshū, at which Hisatora stood as a figure of defiance, as like that of his respective master.

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Ei Hisatora - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005