However, when Mitsuhide was defeated by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI in the Battle of Yamazaki, Hidemitsu, who abandoned the Azuchi-jo Castle, and carried out the famous 'Kosui-watari' (rapid crossing of Lake Biwa), stabbed Mitsuhide's wife and children in the Sakamoto-jo Castle in Omi, and ultimately, killed himself. 光秀が山崎の戦いで豊臣秀吉に敗れると、秀満は安土城を放棄して有名な「湖水渡り」を行なって近江坂本城にいる光秀の妻子を刺し殺して自分も自殺した。 |