Mizuno Katsushige

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Mizuno.
Mizuno Katsunari
水野 勝成
Mizuno clan
In office
1572–1600
Personal details
BornSeptember 20, 1564
Okazaki, Aichi
DiedMay 4, 1651
Kenchu-ji Temple, Fukuyama Domain
RelationsMizuno Tadashige (father)
Military service
AllegianceMizuno Tadashige（Tokugawa clan→Oda Nobukatsu) → Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Sengoku Hidehisa → Sassa Narimasa → Kuroda Yoshitaka → Konishi Yukinaga → Katō Kiyomasa → Tachibana Muneshige → Mimura Chikashige) → Tokugawa clan (Tokugawa Ieyasu → Tokugawa Hidetada → Tokugawa Iemitsu)
Battles/warsTenshō-Jingo War
Battle of Tenmokuzan
Tokugawa-Toyotomi confict (1584)
Invasion of Shikoku (1585)
Kumabe Chikanaga rebellion
Kyūshū campaign
Battle of Sekigahara
Siege of Osaka
Shimabara Rebellion

Mizuno Katsunari (水野 勝成) (1564–1651), was a Japanese samurai daimyō of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods.[1]

Mizuno Katsushige was known to be participated in the Tokugawa campaign against Takeda clan, Tenshō-Jingo War, Kyūshū campaign Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Battle of Sekigahara, Siege of Osaka, and Shimabara Rebellion.

During his life, Katsunari often changed his allegiance. However, in the end he returned to serve his original lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and continued his service to the Tokugawa shogunate for 3 generations until Tokugawa Iemitsu. He also known for his friendship with the legendary Rōnin Miyamoto Musashi has produced many anecdotes about Mizuno Katsunari.

Katsunari tendency to change his allegiance quite often has garnered him a nickname "rin kai fuki", which etymologically means "too awesome to serve (only) one lord".

Mizuno Katsunari died in May 4, 1651.

Biography[edit]

The son of Mizuno Tadashige. His first battle was in the 7th year of Tensho ( 1579 ) , when he followed Tadashige to attack Takatenjin Castle in Totomi, but due to Katsuyori Takeda 's retreat, the battle did not take place.[2]

In 1580 , his father Tadashige was taken over by Oda Nobunaga and became the daimyo of Kariya.[citation needed] In 1581, Katsunari participated in the Siege of Takatenjin[3]

In 1582, Katsunari participated in the Tenshō-Jingo War, on the side of Tokugawa. In this conflict, Katsunari followed Torii Mototada and Yasusada Miyake in a raid Hōjō Ujitada's camp in Kurokoma area. Hōjō Ujikatsu saw this and went to Ujitada's rescue, but Katsunari and Yasusada Miyake manage to repel Ujikatsu's reinforcements. despite some quarrel with Mototada regarding the operation, Katsunari were praised for his outstanding performance and received some rewards.[4] On October 29, during the peace negotiation between Tokugawa clan with the Hojo clan, Ieyasu decided that hostages were unnecessary and sent Katsunari, Mototada Torii, and Yasumasa Sakakibara to Misaka Castle.[5]

Komaki-Nagakute campaign & disinherited by his father[edit]

In 1584, Katsunari participated along with his father in the conflict between Tokugawa against Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Komaki-Nagakute. The first act he done during this war his involvement in the siege of the Hoshizaki Castle which defended by Okada Yoshiatsu, together with father and Ishikawa Kazumasa.[6] In this operation Katsunari stormed the castle and capturing it.[7]

Shortly after, Katsunari moved from mount Komaki, to Kobata Castle, where he and his father rendezvous with Sakai Tadatsugu, Yasumasa Sakakibara, Osuga Yasutaka, Honda Yasushige , and others to strike Toyotomi Hidetsugu army. During this moment, he was berated by Tadashige for not wearing helmet, as Katsunari argues that he had ailment on his eyes which forcing him to bandage his head and preventing him to wear helmet.[8] From here on, Katsunari took action in raiding the camp of Toyotomi general named Shirae Narisada and personally presented many heads of the enemy he slain to Ieyasu.[9] Katsunari were further recorded being taking another action during the main battle in Nagakute, when Ii Naomasa's army clashing against the army of Mori Nagayoshi, where he charged impetiously toward Nagayoshi, sharing the glory of the victory with Naomasa after the victory. However, Mizuno Tadayoshi rather annoyed with his son's conduct of disobeying the central command and took the initiative independently by attacking the enemy before being commanded, thus prompting Tadayoshi to further criticize Katsunari.[10]

Several months later, Katsunari also participated the Siege of Kanie Castle, where he joined the ranks of Ieyasu's Hatamoto retainers in blockading the port of the castle, and hijacked two ships belongs to Kuki Yoshitaka.[11] During this siege, Katsunari was recorded to fight in one-on-one combat against Takigawa Sankurō, son of Takigawa Kazumasu. Although both of them were injured, but no one died in this duel as both retreated safely.[12] Katsunari units also manage other achieve military exploits here, including one which Hattori Yasuhide(Hattori Hanzō's nephew), who at that time served under Katsunari, has participated.and achieved military exploits.[13]

Later, Katsunari followed the Tokugawa operations in Kuwana, Mie, in Ise Province, against Nobuo Oda who now making peace with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. However, Katsunari was disowned and disinherited from the Mizuno clan by his father, Tadashige in the end due to Katsunari's act in murdering Tadashige's vassal who reported Katsunari's misconduct.[14]

Changing allegiance from time to time[edit]

After being disowned by his own fater, he moved around with relatives from town to town Mino, Owari, and finally went to Kyoto. In Kyoto, he strode around without any attendants, sleeping at the temple gate of Nanzen-ji Temple, and when he went out into town, interacted with many outlaws. Katsunari also reported to have a big fight and killed many people in Shimizu.[15]

On March 27 1585, Katsunari entered service of Oda Nobukatsu, who now on good terms with Hideyoshi. Katsunari participated in the Conquest of Kishu, particularly in the subjugation of Saika Ikki rebellion.[16] Later, Katsunari participated in the Invasion of Shikoku which held in the same year, as he served under the command of Sengoku Hidehisam, where hi received Domain of 728 Koku.[17] However, soon he going renegade again by abandoned his post and fled to Chūgoku region, where was during this time Katsunari started the adopt new name as "Rokuzaemon". It was said that the reason of his run from his post was because Toyotomi Hideyoshi once sent an assassin to kill him.[18]

In 1587, Katsunari changed entered the service under a daimyo of Higo Province, Sassa Narimasa, where he awarded a control of domain with 1,000 koku. Katsunari followed participated in the suppression of Kumabe Chikanaga rebellion. It was said that Katsunari spearheading the attack towards Kikuchi Castle and also participated as a relief force to the Kumamoto Castle to repel the rebel's siege.[19] It was said that in during this operation to save Kumamoto castle, Katsunari once fought against one of the semi-mythical legendary warriors known as "Ten Braves of Amago". Here, Katsunari worked in cooperation with the Tachibana clan commanders such asTachibana Muneshige, Totoki Tsuresada, and Kunitsugu Yasuda to relieve the force and manage to slay the legendary rebel warrior.[20] However, later Sassa Narimasa was executed as he was blamed for rebellion's outbreak.[21] Then this prompting Katsunari to enter the service ofKuroda Yoshitaka.

Later in the same year, He participated in the Kyūshū Campaign under Narimasa command.[citation needed]

In 1588, Katsunari once again changing his allegiance of service by entering the rank under Konishi Yukinaga.[citation needed] In 1589, Katsunari participated in the suppression of five christian clans of Amakusa (not 1637 Shimabara Rebellion). with reinforcements from Katō Kiyomasa, He captured Shiki Castle, the stronghold of Shiki clan of Shimabara, and also captured Hondo Castle which defendede by Amakusa Tanemoto. After that, Katsunari left Yukinaga;s rank and temporarily serving Kiyomasa and then later Muneshige Tachibana. However, the tenure of Katsunari's service under those two were short, before he changed his allegiance again.[22]

In 1614, Katsunari participated during the Tokugawa forces Siege of Osaka.[23] For his effort in this war, Katsunari domain of Kariya were increased 30,000 koku into 60,000 koku.[24]

In 1615, the shogunate moved his fief from Kariya Domain in Mikawa Province to Kōriyama Domain in Yamato Province (60,000 koku); then in 1619, his fief was transferred to Fukuyama Domain in Bingo Province (100,000 koku).[1] In 1638, he led forces in the shogunate army which put down the Shimabara Rebellion in Kyushu.[25]

Death[edit]

In 1651, he died at Fukuyama Castle at the age of 88. His remains were interred at Kenchu-ji, the Mizuno family temple near Fukuyama Castle.

The line of his direct descendants ended in 1698.[1] In 1919, Katsunari was posthumously elevated to the lower third rank of the Imperial Court.

Appendix[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "織田信雄分限帳". 続群書類従. 1708. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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  5. ^ Mitsutoshi Takayanagi (1964). 新訂寛政重修諸家譜 6 (in Japanese). 続群書類従完成会. ISBN 9784797102109. Retrieved 20 May 2024. 勝成も ... 鳥居元忠、榊原康政と共に、見坂の城にをくる ...
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  7. ^ Funahashi;NagakuteKatsunari" Takeshi (1983). 見た聞いた考えた豊臣秀吉大研究 地元にいるから秀吉が見えてきた! (in Japanese). ブックショップマイタウン. p. 191. Retrieved 20 May 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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