hisahide's

Updated: June 26, 2025

There is no more treacherous episode in the Middle Ages than Matsunaga Hisahide's poisoning of his liege lord to compass the downfall of the Miyoshi family and slaying the shogun, Yoshiteru, to overthrow the Ashikaga, though he enjoyed the confidence of both.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era