Aoyama Shigenari
青山重成
Aoyama Clan
Bushō
Mikawa Province
Lifespan: Daiei 1 (1521) to 8/11 of Tenshō 9 (1581)
Other Names: Zenshirō, Sōemon (common)
Rank: bushō
Clan: Aoyama
Lord: Matsudaira Hirotada → Tokugawa Ieyasu
Father: Aoyama Tadayo
Siblings: Tadakado, sister (wife of 東久坊宗玄), Shigenari, Tadashige, Aoki Toshinari
Wife: Daughter of Kobayashi Matazaemon
Children: Masanaga, Shigetsugu, Masanari
Aoyama Shigenari served as a bushō during the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was a retainer of the Tokugawa clan.
Shigenari was born as the second son of Aoyama Tadayo, a retainer of the Matsudiara clan.
Shigenari served two generations of lords, Matsudaira Hirotada and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Shigenari and his older brother, Aoyama Tadakado, served in the Battle of Azukizaka (1542 to 1548) and the Battle of Okehazama in 1560.
In 1563, Shigenari, together with Tadakado, served valorously in pacification efforts during the Mikawa Ikkō-ikki.
