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Kato Kiyomasa

加藤清正
alternative words: Kiyomasa Kato
keywords: famous person , war lord
related topics: Sengoku period , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Invasion of Korea , Ishida Mitsunari , Battle of Sekigahara , Tokugawa Ieyasu
related web sites: http://www.oec-net.or.jp/~housinji/ , http://page.freett.com/kakutei02/nihon.data/kiyomasa.htm , http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/kotatu/hyo/itiran/itiran/kato.htm
explanation: Born in 1562 in Aichi prefecture in a relative family of Hideyoshi. For that reason, Kiyomasa served him very young and showed a courage on battle fields such as Shizugatake in 1583. During Korean campaign of 1592, his troops went up to Manchuria border. Gradually his relationships with Ishida Mitsunari became chilly. For that reason he was in Ieyasu's side during battle of Sekigahara. He strove in vain for a reconciliation of Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans. He died in 1611.


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