When Nagakatsu's adopted daughter, Nene, (later Kita no Mandokoro, Kodai-in) married Tokichiro KINOSHITA (later Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI), Nagamasa became the closest relative by marriage to Hideyoshi and, on Nobunaga's orders, became Hideyoshi's Yoriki (or adminisrative assistant). |
長勝の養女となっていたねね(のちの北政所、高台院)が木下藤吉郎(後の豊臣秀吉)に嫁いだことから、長政は秀吉にもっとも近い姻戚として、信長の命で秀吉の与力となる。 |