Shima Sakon

Japanese: 島左近 - しまさこん

? -1600 (Keicho 5)
A military commander during the Azuchi-Toyotomi government. His name was Kiyooki. Some books say he was Katsutake or Tomoyuki. He belonged to the Tsutsui clan, but later became a trusted vassal of Ishida Mitsunari. He is famous for his poem "There are two things that are more than a Jibusho, Shima no Sakon and Sawayama Castle." In 1592 (Bunroku 1), he dispatched forces to Korea. In the Battle of Sekigahara in September 1600, he thoroughly defeated the troops of the vanguard Nakamura Kazuhide and Arima Toyouji in order to encourage the Western Army, which was shaken by the arrival of Tokugawa Ieyasu on the 14th. In the decisive battle on the 15th, he commanded Mitsunari's vanguard and was killed in battle fighting bravely.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐1600(慶長5)
織豊政権期の武将。名は清興。勝猛，友之とする書もある。筒井氏に属していたが，のち，石田三成の股肱（ここう）の臣となる。〈治部少に過ぎたるものが二つあり，島の左近と佐和山の城〉の落首は著名である。1592年(文禄1)朝鮮に出兵。1600年9月の関ヶ原の戦には，14日の徳川家康到着に動揺する西軍を鼓舞するため先鋒中村一栄，有馬豊氏の軍をさんざんに破った。翌15日の決戦には，三成の前衛の指揮をとり勇戦力闘のうちに戦死した。

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