Western ArmyKonishi
Konishi Yukinaga
小西行長
“The Christian Daimyo”
birth unknown–1600
- Rank / office
- Governor of Settsu
- Domain / base
- Uto, Higo
- Banner / crest
- Gion-mamori knot
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1588Tenshō 16
Uto in Higo
Granted the southern half of Higo by Hideyoshi, he made Uto his seat.
- 1592Bunroku 1
Vanguard in Korea
First to fight his way from Busan to Hanseong, and active in the peace talks.
- 1600Keichō 5
Sekigahara and death
Defeated with the Western Army; refusing suicide for his faith, he was beheaded.
Battle of Sekigahara 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › Deployed on Mount Kita-Tenma and held his own against the Eastern Army until the Kobayakawa defection broke the line, then fled into the mountains of Ibuki.
