Wada Koremasa

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Portrait of Wada Koremasa from Utagawa Yoshiiku's Heroes of the Taiheiki

Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was samurai and senior retainer of the Ashikaga Shogunate.[1] The Wada clan were a powerful ninja family in the Kōka ikki in Kōka District until Koremasa was granted land in Settsu Province in 1568 as a reward for his support for Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga.

Nobunaga held him in high regard.[1] Koremasa was appointed as the lord of Takatsuki castle and given part of the Settsu province.[1] He secured an audience between Oda Nobunaga and the Jesuit Missionary Luís Fróis, and was a staunch supporter of the Catholic Church throughout his life.[2][3] Koremasa fought against Settsu Ikeda clan and died during the battle of Shiraigawara in 1571, being killed by Araki Murashige.[1][2][3]

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