Akashi Joan - Akashi Joan

...A Christian military commander in the early Edo period. Dates of birth and death unknown. His name was Morishige. He was also known as Zento and Zensho. His baptismal name was Joan. He married Ukita Hideie's sister and held the largest territory among his retainers. After the Ukita clan, which belonged to the Western Army, was destroyed in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 (Keicho 5), he was welcomed into the Kuroda family and lived in Akizuki, Chikuzen. In 1615, he accepted an invitation from Toyotomi Hideyori and led a Christian unit in the Siege of Osaka. After the fall of Osaka Castle, it is said that he was killed in battle, or that he died of illness after fleeing and hiding. [Takagi Yotaro]...

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…江戸初期のキリシタン武将。生没年不詳。名は守重。全登，全薑と号す。洗礼名ジョアン。宇喜多秀家の姉を妻とし，家臣中最大の領地を有した。1600年(慶長5)関ヶ原の戦で西軍に属した宇喜多家滅亡後，黒田家にむかえられ，筑前秋月に住した。15年，豊臣秀頼の招きに応じ，大坂の陣にキリシタン部隊を率いて活躍した。大坂落城後，戦死とも，逃亡潜伏後病死したともいわれている。【高木 傭太郎】…

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