Background
INATOMI ICHIMU was born in Tanabe in the province of Tangoin 1552.
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INATOMI ICHIMU
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also known as
Sukenao, Naoie
Education
He studied gunnery under his grandfather Naotoki, the founder of the Inatomi school, and was said to have displayed amazing talent in his grasp of the subject.
Career
In 1600, at the time of the great battle of Sekigahara, he was commanded to guard the life of Hosokawa Gracia, the Christian wife of his lord Tadaoki, but she, fearful of becoming a hostage in the hands of her husband’s enemies, committed suicide and Inatomi, having failed his responsibility, fled into hiding.
For a time he was in great danger from the wrath of Tadaoki, but Tokugawa Ieyasu intervened on his behalf and he escaped punishment. He served Ieyasu and his successor to the shogunate, Hidctada, and later entered the service of Ieyasu’s son Yoshinao, the lord of the fief of Owari.
Religion
In his late years he entered the Buddhist priesthood, taking the name Ichimu- sai.
Personality
A description of his gunnery techniques is preserved in the Ichiryu ippen no sho in eleven chapters and the Gokui in nine chapters.
Quotes from others about the person
His ability was recognized by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who ordered him to act as instructor in gunnery to Hosokawa Tadaoki, the lord of Tango.
