Kuroda Nagamasa
Kuroda Nagamasa 黒田長政 | |
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Head of Kuroda clan | |
In office 1604–1623 | |
Preceded by | Kuroda Yoshitaka |
Succeeded by | Kuroda Tadayuki [jp] |
Daimyō of Fukuoka | |
In office 1601–1623 | |
Succeeded by | Kuroda Tadayuki |
Personal details | |
Born | December 3, 1568 Himeji, Harima Province, Japan |
Died | August 29, 1623(1623-08-29) (aged 54) |
Spouse(s) | Itohime (\Hachisuka Masakatsu's daughter) (original legal wife, later divorced) Eihime/Dairyo-in (Hoshina Masanao's daughter, Tokugawa Ieyasu's adopted daughter) (second legal wife) |
Parents |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Toyotomi clan Eastern Army Tokugawa shogunate |
Rank | Daimyo |
Unit | Kuroda clan |
Battles/wars | Korean campaign (1592-1598) Battle of Sekigahara (1600) Siege of Osaka (1614-1615) |
Kuroda Nagamasa (黒田 長政, December 3, 1568 – August 29, 1623) was a daimyō during the late Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods.[1] He was the son of Kuroda Kanbei,[2] Toyotomi Hideyoshi's chief strategist and adviser.
Biography
His childhood name was Shojumaru (松寿丸). In 1577, when Nagamasa was a small child, his father was tried and sentenced as a spy by Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was kidnapped and nearly killed as a hostage. With the help of Yamauchi Kazutoyo and his wife, Yamauchi Chiyo and Takenaka Hanbei ended up rescuing him. After Nobunaga was killed in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, Nagamasa served Toyotomi Hideyoshi along with his father and participated in the invasion of Chūgoku.
Nagamasa also participated in Hideyoshi's Korean campaign,[2] where he commanded the army's 3rd Division of 5000 men during the first invasion (1592–1593).[3] In the second part of the campaign (1597-1598), he held command in The Army of the Right.[3]
Battle Of Sekigahara
Nagamasa was one of the daimyo who were on bad terms with Ishida Mitsunari, due to the latter supposedly not rewarding all those who took part in the Korean invasions for his own benefits.
Later in 1600, he took part in the Battle of Sekigahara on Tokugawa Ieyasu's side.[2] His men killed Shima Sakon, thus securing a part of the Eastern Army's eventual victory. As a reward for his performance at the battle, Ieyasu granted Nagamasa Chikuzen [2] – 520.000 koku – in exchange for his previous fief of Nakatsu in Buzen. Later in 1614-1615, he participated in the Osaka Castle campaigns.[2]
Family
- Father: Kuroda Yoshitaka
- Mother: Kushihashi Teru (1553–1627)
- Wives:
- Itohime (1571-1645)
- Eihime (1585-1635)
- Concubine: Choshu’in
- Children:
- Kikuhime married Inoue Yukifusa's son by Itohime
- Kuroda Tadayuki (1602-1654) by Eihime
- Tokuko married Sakakibara Tadatsugu by Eihime
- Kameko married Ikeda Teruoki by Eihime
- Kuroda Nagaoki (1610-1665) by Eihime
- Kuroda Masafuyu by Choshu’in
- Kuroda Takamasa (1612-1639) by Eihime
In popular culture
Nagamasa is a playable character from the Eastern Army in the original Kessen.
Kuroda is also a popular historical figure. His life, and his relationship to Tokugawa, has been dramatized many times in the annual NHK Taiga Drama series.
- Taikoki (1965)
- Hara no Sakamichi (1971)
- Ougon no Hibi (1978)
- Onna Taikoki (1981)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)
- Kasuga no Tsunobe (1989)
- Hideyoshi (1996)
- Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000)
- Komyo ga Tsuji (2006)
- Gunshi Kanbei (2014)
Preceded by none | Daimyō of Fukuoka 1601–1623 | Succeeded by Kuroda Tadayuki |
Notes
- ^ 福岡藩 (in Japanese). 1998. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Turnbull 2000, p. 53.
- ^ a b Turnbull 2002, p. 240.
References
- Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell. ISBN 1854095234.
- Turnbull, Stephen (2002). Samurai Invasion : Japan's Korean War 1592–1598. Cassell & Company. ISBN 9780304359486.
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