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Kuroda Nagamasa
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Born:
1568, Himeji, Japan
Died:
August 29, 1623, Kyōto (aged 55)
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Kuroda Nagamasa

Japanese warrior
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Kuroda Nagamasa (born 1568, Himeji, Japan—died August 29, 1623, Kyōto) was a noted Japanese warrior who rendered important service to two leaders, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, in their campaigns to dominate Japan.

Upon his father’s death, Kuroda succeeded him as one of Hideyoshi’s generals in his battles to dominate Japan. When Hideyoshi invaded Korea in 1592, Kuroda served as one of the leading generals in the campaign, which continued for seven years. After Hideyoshi’s death in 1598, however, Kuroda sided with Tokugawa, one of Hideyoshi’s former subjects. At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, from which Tokugawa emerged as the dominant power in Japan, Kuroda rendered crucial support.

As a result of this service, after the establishment of the Tokugawa regime in 1603, Kuroda was granted the large feudal fief of Fukuoka in northern Kyushu. His family continued to rule this fief until the late 19th century, when it was taken over by the newly established central government of the emperor Meiji (1868) and made into a province.

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