Konishi Yukinaga

Timeline

1. c. 1577–1591Uto Castle, Higo · UtoSon of the Sakai merchant Konishi Ryūsa; first served Ukita Naoie, then entered Hideyoshi's service as a ship master. Baptized around 1584. After the pacification of Kyushu and the Higo kokujin ikki, he received Uto, Mashiki, Yatsushiro, and some 200,000 koku, built Uto Castle, sheltered Christians such as Takayama Ukon, and stood opposed to Katō Kiyomasa in the northern half of the province.
2. 1592–1593Busan–Seoul–Pyongyang advance route · Korean PeninsulaLanded at Busan with the First Division in the fourth month of 1592, breaking through Dongnae, Sangju, and Chungju, entering Seoul first and pushing north to occupy Pyongyang. Repelled Ming forces under Zu Chengxun, but in the first month of 1593 failed against Li Rusong's counterattack and retreated to Seoul. Thereafter shifted to ceasefire negotiations with Shen Weijing and others.
3. 1594–1598Sunchang waeseong · SunchangWith Ishida Mitsunari and Shen Weijing he pushed the peace; Ming envoys planned to invest Hideyoshi as King of Japan, but the terms did not match Hideyoshi's demands, and when the affair surfaced in 1596 Yukinaga was nearly ordered to die. In the 1597 renewed campaign he fought at Chilchonryang and Namwon, then held Sunchang waeseong. After Hideyoshi's death he withdrew to Japan through negotiation and with reinforcements.
4. 1600Rokujō-kawara, Kyoto · KyotoJoined Ishida Mitsunari's side at Sekigahara and was captured near Mount Ibuki after defeat. Refused seppuku because Christianity forbids suicide, and was beheaded at Rokujō-kawara the same day as Mitsunari and Ankokuji Ekei. Tradition holds he carried an image of the Virgin and Child at the execution; his body was later buried by the Church.