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Kuroda Yoshitaka黒田如水 黒田孝高alternative words: Yoshitaka Kuroda, Kuroda Joshui, Josui Kuroda, Don Simeon keywords: famous person , war lord related topics: Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Ishida Mitsunari , Invasion of Korea , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Battle of Sekigahara related web sites: http://www2n.biglobe.ne.jp/~bakauma/uma50.html , http://isweb4.infoseek.co.jp/diary/pozyu/kanbe.htm , http://www.m-network.com/sengoku/sekigahara/ishigakibaru.html , http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Spade/7676/zyakata.htm explanation: Born in 1546 in a local seignor of Himeji. With his son Nagamasa, he followed Toyotomi Hideyosh's troops to conquer Chugoku region by fighting against Mori clan. Then, he followed Hideyosh's Kyushu campaign and received Nakatsu region in north Kyushu as fief. After Korean campaign, being in bad terms with Ishida Mitsunari, he was for Tokugawa Ieyasu during Sekigahara battle to fight against Mitsunari's partisans in Kyushu. He died in 1604. Don Simeon is his Christian name. | |