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{{Short description|Buddhist priest}}

'''Maeda Gen-i''' ([[1539]]-[[1602]]) was a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[priest]] that came from [[Mt. Hiei]]. He joined the [[Oda]] sometime before [[1570]].

{{family name hatnote|Maeda|lang=Japanese}}

{{Infobox office holder

| order = Lord of [[Kameyama Castle (Kyoto)]]

| term_start = 1582

| term_end = 1602

| predecessor = [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]

| successor =

| name = Maeda Gen'i<br>前田 玄以

| image = Maeda Gen'i.jpg

| caption = Maeda Gen'i

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1539

| birth_place = [[Mino Province]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|1602|7|9|1539|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| resting_place =

| nationality = Japanese

| other_names =

| occupation = [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[priest]]

| years_active =

| rank = [[Go-Bugyō]]

| commands = [[Kameyama Castle (Kyoto)]]

| known_for = *The Deputy of [[Kyoto]] (1582)

*Laid the ground work of [[Fushimi Castle]] (1592)

*Member of [[Go-Bugyō]] (1595)

| allegiance = [[File:Mon-Oda.png|15px]] [[Oda clan]]<br>[[File:Goshichi no kiri inverted.svg|15px]] [[Toyotomi clan]]

| battles = [[Honnoji Incident]]

}}

{{nihongo|'''Maeda Gen-'i'''|前田 was玄以|extra=1539&nbsp;– appointedJuly to9, be1602}} was a deputy over[[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Kyotopriest]] in the year offrom [[1582Mt. Hiei]]. After the, deathretainer of [[Oda Nobunaga]] duringand thatlater sameone year, Gen-i went on to serve underof [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. At's ''[[TakamaiGo-Bugyō]]'', along inwith [[TambaIshida provinceMitsunari]], Gen-i[[Asano receivedNagamasa]], a 50,000-[[kokuMashita Nagamori]] fief. In they year ofand [[1592Natsuka Masaie]],. he was toHe layentered the groundservice work for theof [[FushimiOda CastleNobunaga]]. He was named among the "Five Magistrates", by Hideyoshisometime before the death of the latter1570.

==Biography==

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===Service under Nobunaga===

In his youth, Gen’i entered the priesthood in Mino and either became a Zen priest or monk on Mount Hiei. Alternatively, he may have been the abbot at the [[Komatsu Temple]] in [[Owari Province]].

Later, Gen’i was serve the Oda clan, and upon orders of [[Oda Nobunaga]], He became a retainer of Nobunaga’s eldest son and designated heir, [[Oda Nobutada]].

In 1582, during the [[Honnoji Incident]], Gen’i was located, together with Nobutada, at the Nijō palace in Kyōto. Upon orders of Nobutada, Gen’i fled with Nobutada’s infant son, Sanpōshi ([[Oda Hidenobu]]), going from [[Gifu Castle]] in Mino to [[Kiyosu Castle]] in Owari.

===Service under Hideyoshi===

In 1582, Gen'i was appointed to be a deputy over [[Kyoto]]. After the death of Oda Nobunaga that same year, Gen'i went on to serve under [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], at [[Kameyama Castle (Kyoto)]] in [[Tanba Province]], Gen'i received a 50,000-''[[koku]]'' fief.

In 1592, he was to lay the ground work for the [[Fushimi Castle]].

In 1595, Gen'i was named among the "[[Five Commissioners]]" by Hideyoshi. As a member of this council, Gen'i was "concerned with national affairs and subordinate only to Hideyoshi".<ref>Berry, Mary Elizabeth. ''Hideyoshi''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982, p. 139</ref> In addition to managing a great deal of other affairs, Maeda also oversaw the reception of the likes of the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] and representatives of the Jesuits to Hideyoshi's [[Jurakudai]] palace.

==References==

{{Reflist}}

*Sansom, George (1961). ''A History of Japan: 1334–1615''. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.

==External links==

*[http://s-mizoe.hp.infoseek.co.jp/mb31.html Biographies of Sengoku-era leaders, including Maeda Gen-i]

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