Konishi Yukinaga
小西行長
c. 1558–1600
Christian general; vanguard of the Korea invasions
Also written: Konishi Yukinaga · 小西行長
The merchant's son and Christian general — Dom Agostinho — who led the vanguard into Korea in 1592 and spent the war seeking a negotiated way out of it. He backed the losing side at Sekigahara and, refusing suicide as a Christian, was beheaded at Kyoto.
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