Background
Gen-I Maeda was born in Japan.
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also known as
Hanmusai, Toku-zen-in
Career
Gen-I Maeda was originally in the service of Nobutada Oda (Nobunaga’s son). When his master was killed at Nijo Castle he fol¬lowed Sanboshimaru, Nobutada’s son, to Azuchi where as a result of the conference at Kiyosu Castle the latter was declared to his father’s realm. After the death of Katsuie Shibata, Gen-I Maeda took charge of the gov¬ernment in Kyoto (1583). When Hideyo- shi Toyotomi came into power he remained in office and was granted a fief of 50,000 koku in Tamba (present Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures), with residence at Kameyama Castle.
Gen-I Maeda was one of the five big magistrates to Toyotomi, the other four being Mitsunari Ishida, Nagamori Masuda, Masaie Naga- tsuka and Nagamasa Asano. After the death of Hideyoshi (1598) sided with Mi- tsunari Ishida in the Sekigahara Battle (1600) and made his son, Shigekatsu, attack Yusai Hosokawa at Tanabe Castle in Tamba. It was Gen-i who first informed Ieyasu Tokugawa about Mitsunari's uprising. After Mitsunari was defeated he was pardoned by Ieyasu.
Religion
Gen-I Maeda was an ardent Buddhist and well versed in ancient usages and practices.
