Shinjo Naoyori

Shinjō Naoyori was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Sengoku period through early Edo period. The son of Shinjō Naomasa, he served as a retainer of the Azai clan of Ōmi Province. Starting his career as an officer of the Azai clan, he later defected to the Oda clan shortly before the fall of Odani Castle. Naoyori then became a cavalry officer under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He fought under Hideyoshi at the Battle of Yamazaki, and was granted a 12,000 koku fief centered on Takatsuki, in Settsu Province. Later, in 1591, he received the added role of castle warden of Ōzu Castle. Still later, joining Hideyoshi's expeditionary force at Hizen-Nagoya, Naoyori is said to have fought in Korea.