Kuroda Nagamasa

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This article is about a daimyo of Japan of the Sengoku-Edo periods. For the Hokkaido Settlement Envoy of the Meiji period, see Kuroda Nagamasa (Meiji).

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Kuroda Nagamasa on horseback

Kuroda Nagamasa (黒田長政, Kuroda Nagamasa^?) (1568-1623) was a daimyo of Japan. He was the son of Kuroda Kanbei.

When Nagamasa was merely a small child, his father was convicted as a spy by Oda Nobunaga, so his son Nagamasa was taken away and was nearly killed as a hostage. But by the help of Takenaka Hanbei, he intercepted it and bailed them out. Nagamasa served under Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara, also sercuring victory for the Eastern army. He also participated in the first Korean campaign (1592-93), leading 6000 men.^{[citation needed]}

Later on he participated in the Osaka Castle campaigns.