Kiso Yoshimasa

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(1540-1595) was the son of Kiso Yoshiyasu. Yoshimasa at a time was a vassal to Takeda Shingen. Yoshimasa married one of Shingen's daughters, but left the Takeda in the year of 1582, severing the ties  to Takeda Katsuyori, due to his favor of Oda Nobunaga, and to the fall of the Takeda.

He later provided assistance to the Oda in the invasion of Kai and Shinano. In the end he was deprived of his holdings by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

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