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Kuroda Nagamasa — 黒田長政像作者不詳「黒田長政像」
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Successor of the Kuroda house: Kyushu

Kuroda Nagamasa

黒田長政

Son of Kuroda Yoshitaka who served Hideyoshi alongside his father and was involved in domain management in Kyushu and the Korean campaign. Father and son should not be treated as a single unified figure; their respective duties and family circumstances must be traced separately.

Sources 姫路市「姫路城ゆかりの人物」/福岡県「黒田官兵衛とライバルたち」/福岡市「官兵衛ものがたり(2)」/国立歴史民俗博物館「豊臣秀吉朱印状」/福岡市「福岡城跡」

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Kuroda Yoshitaka

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Kuroda Nagamasa

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1592

Month 4

The Bunroku Campaign

三番隊
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On Hideyoshi's orders 160,000 Japanese troops crossed to Busan, took Hanseong in twenty days and Pyongyang in two months. Yi Sun-sin's navy then cut the sea route, and righteous armies and Ming reinforcements pushed them back. In 1593 they withdrew from Hanseong to coastal forts in the south and opened talks.

1597

Month 7

The Keichō Campaign

右軍
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With the peace talks broken, the Japanese crossed again, crushed the Korean navy at Chilcheollyang and took Namwon, securing Jeolla. Halted at Jiksan and beaten at Myeongnyang by the reinstated Yi Sun-sin, they were pinned to their coastal forts. Hideyoshi's death in August 1598 brought withdrawal, and the seven-year war ended with the sea battle of Noryang in November.

1600

10/21

Battle of Sekigahara

Deployed on Okayama
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The decisive battle in Mino: Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Eastern Army defeats the Western Army.

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