Kimura Shigekore

Kimura Shigekore (木村 重茲, died August 20, 1595) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Toyotomi clan. He had been rewarded for his service in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Korean campaign but then was implicated in a plot against Hideyoshi by Toyotomi Hidetsugu and forced to commit seppuku.[1] His son, Kimura Shigenari, was a commander under Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[1]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kimura.

References
  1. Turnbull, Stephen (2012-06-20). Osaka 1615: The last battle of the samurai. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-84603-799-3.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.