Western Army · Konishi
Konishi Yukinaga
“The Christian Daimyo”
The son of a Sakai druggist, he was promoted by Hideyoshi, ran naval and supply affairs and received Uto in Higo as a Christian daimyo. In the Korean campaigns he led the vanguard, first to reach Hanseong, and worked hard for peace. He sided with the Western Army at Sekigahara and was defeated; refusing to kill himself as a Christian, he was captured and beheaded at Rokujō-gawara.
- Epithet
- “The Christian Daimyo”
- Rank / office
- Governor of Settsu
- Domain / base
- Uto, Higo
- Banner / crest
- Gion-mamori knot
- Side
- Western Army
- Lived
- birth unknown–1600
Life
- Tenshō 16 Uto in Higo Granted the southern half of Higo by Hideyoshi, he made Uto his seat.
- Bunroku 1 Vanguard in Korea First to fight his way from Busan to Hanseong, and active in the peace talks.
- Keichō 5 Sekigahara and death Defeated with the Western Army; refusing suicide for his faith, he was beheaded.
Battles in this archive1 battles
Related sites
- Uto Castle ruins (Kumamoto)
- Sekigahara battlefield