Hiraiyama Fort
Hiraiyama Fort was a fort in the eastern section of The Warfields in Harima, Japan.
History[edit | edit source]
In 1582, the Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke infiltrated the fort after learning that Bessho Harumasa previously staged his attack there. Investigating the fort, they learned of a conscript who convinced others to rebel against Harumasa's cause and wartime supplies being sent into Miki Castle. After killing the commander, they found the current war plans. While reading the plans, they then stopped an attack by a juvenile recruit who apologized for his actions and wanted to prove himself for the Ox's cause.[1]
Seeing his youth, Naoe and Yasuke told him to find Nakamura Tadashige at Kyokaiji Temple before the boy ran off. Taking the war plans, the pair left the fort to meet with Tadashige to discuss the next steps.[1] At some point, they returned back to the fort, killed its two samurai daisho, and recovered the katana Yami no Kage from the fort's treasure chest.[2]