Konishi Yukinaga

A Christian feudal lord of the Sengoku period. His background, along with that of his father Ryusa, is unclear, but he was born as the second son of Ryusa and is said to have been baptized as a Christian at an early age. His Christian name was "Agostinho" (Augustine), and both domestic and foreign historical sources agree that he was originally called Yakuro, later Settsunokami, and usually called "Tsunokami." In 1585 (Tensho 13), he played an active role as the head of the navy during Hashiba Hideyoshi's (Toyotomi Hideyoshi's) conquest of Kii Province, and soon became the ruler of Shodo Island, the Shiwaku Islands, and Murotsu. In 1587, he participated in the Kyushu Conquest, and was not punished like Takayama Ukon when the missionaries were expelled, but in 1588, he was transferred to the southern half of Higo (Kumamoto Prefecture) and stayed in Uto Castle. The following year, in 1589, he suppressed the rebellion of the Five Men of Amakusa, and from then on played a major role in the Bunroku and Keicho Wars until Hideyoshi's death. In 1592 (Bunroku 1), he crossed over to Busan in Korea as the commander of the first army, captured Seoul, and even occupied Pyongyang, but he thought it was impossible to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and early on he tried to negotiate with Ming's Shim Wei-kyeong to bring the war to a peace agreement. However, his plan did not work, and the Keicho War began, and he marched to southern Korea again. After Hideyoshi's death, he opposed Tokugawa Ieyasu together with Ishida Mitsunari and others, but was defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara and was beheaded on October 1, 1602, at Rokujo-gawara in Kyoto.

[Koichi Matsuda March 19, 2018]

"The Konishi Tatsusa Clan" by Matsuda Takeichi (included in "Research on Historical Materials on Nanban Relations with Japan in the Early Modern Period", 1967, Kazama Shobo)" "Frois, History of Japan, 12 volumes, translated by Matsuda Takeichi and Kawasaki Momota (1977-1980, Chuokoron-Shinsha/Chuko Bunko)"

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キリシタンの戦国大名。素性は、その父隆佐（立佐）(りゅうさ)とともに明らかでないが、隆佐の次男として生まれ、早くキリシタンの洗礼を受けたらしい。その教名が「アゴスチーニョ」（アウグスチヌス）であり、当初弥九郎(やくろう)のちに摂津守(せっつのかみ)、通常「ツノカミ」と称せられたことは内外の史料が一致している。1585年（天正13）羽柴秀吉(はしばひでよし)（豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)）の紀州征伐において水軍の長として活躍し、まもなく小豆(しょうど)島、塩飽(しわく)諸島、室津(むろつ)の支配者となる。1587年九州征伐に参戦、バテレン追放令に際しても高山右近(たかやまうこん)のように処罰されなかったが、1588年には肥後（熊本県）南半に移封され、宇土(うと)城に鎮した。翌1589年、天草の五人衆が反逆したのを鎮圧、以後秀吉が没するまで文禄(ぶんろく)・慶長(けいちょう)の役に主役をつとめる。1592年（文禄1）、第一軍の将として朝鮮の釜山(ふざん)に渡り、ソウルを陥れ、さらに平壌まで占拠したが、明(みん)国の征服を不可能と考え、早くより明の沈惟敬(しんいけい)と交渉してこの戦いを講和に持ち込もうとした。しかしその策謀が功を奏せず、慶長の役となり、ふたたび朝鮮南部に出陣した。秀吉の没後、石田三成(いしだみつなり)らとともに徳川家康らに対抗したが、関ヶ原合戦に敗れ、慶長5年10月1日、京都六条河原において斬首(ざんしゅ)された。

［松田毅一　2018年3月19日］

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