Kuroda Yoshitaka (Japanese Daimyo)

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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Born: 1546
Died: 1604

by Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 February 2023

A member of the Kodera clan in Harima Province, he was a Christian Daimyo in charge of Himeji Castle. He served Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a military strategist and was given 120,000 goku of Nakatsu Castle in Buzen Province for his successes in the Mouri offensive and the conquest of Shikoku and Kyushu. The war banner was Nakashiro. The "Nakashiro" is black banner with a white band in the middle of a three-part.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 February 2023

See also:

• Japan
• Daimyo flags, 15th - 17th century