{{Short description|Japanese samurai (1566–1618?)}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2022}} {{family name hatnote|Akashi|lang=Japanese}}

{{nihongo|'''Akashi Takenori'''|明石 全登||1566&ndash;1618?}} was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo periods. Also known as '''Teruzumi''', '''Zentō''', or '''Naritoyo'''. Retainer of Ukita Naoie,<ref name=kotobank>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%98%8E%E7%9F%B3%E6%8E%83%E9%83%A8-1048783#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E4.BA.BA.E5.90.8D.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8.2BPlus|title=明石掃部|publisher=kotobank|access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref> the major daimyō of Bizen Province. Also known by his court title, {{nihongo|'''Kamon-no-Kami'''|掃部頭}}.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}

Takenori also served as a strategist under Naoie's son Ukita Hideie. At the Battle of Sekigahara, he fought bravely against Fukushima Masanori. After the Ukita clan had been destroyed in the Battle of Sekigahara, Takenori lived in Akizuki.<ref name=kotobank/>

At the Siege of Osaka, Akashi entered Osaka castle and he fought against Tokugawa Ieyasu to the last minute. His mother, Monica, accompanied him to Osaka, and worked as a nurse throughout the siege. After the castle's fall, Takenori escaped again. He never committed suicide because of his Christian beliefs. Despite being hunted by the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was not caught; his whereabouts after the battle are unknown.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}

Several Tokugawa family traditions, including the ''Tokugawa Jikki'',<ref>{{Cite book |trans-title=Ukita Hideie and Akashi Sobe" |year=2015 |author=Ōnishi Yasumasa | title =宇喜多秀家と明石掃部|publisher =岩田書院|isbn=9784872948905 |language=ja |page=128}}</ref> the ''Tsuchiya Tomosada Shiki'', and the Ishikawa clan Records has stat 3rd that Takenori was slain in the battle. The ''Osaka Gojin Memorandum'' state that his head was taken by Tei Sanemon, a retainer of Mizuno Katsunari.<ref>{{Cite book |trans-title= The Seven Star Generals of Osaka Castle |year=2015 |author= Fukumoto Minamoto | title =大阪城の七将星|chapter=明石全登| publisher =文会堂書店|url={{NDLDC|965668/172}} |language=ja |page=335}}</ref>

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