Ishida Mitsunari石田三成alternative words: Mitsunari Ishida, Mitsunari keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Sengoku period , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Battle of Sekigahara related web sites: http://members.tripod.com/k_hayasaka/index.htm , http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~ishidamt/ , http://ww3.tiki.ne.jp/~yang/b2-ishida.htm explanation: Born in 1560 in Shiga prefecture. He served near Toyotomi Hideyoshi very young. His cleverness especially in accounting and logistic matters had greatly contributed to the unification of Japan by Hideyoshi because he had to manage bigger and bigger army with the time. As 5 bugyos (commissioners), he measured precisely the surface of rice fields all over Japan. After the death of Hideyoshi, he entered a conflict with Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the defeat of Sekigahara in 1600, he was executed. | |