Mizuno Katsushige
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Mizuno Katsushige (水野 勝成 Mizuno Katsunari?) (1564-1651) was a retainer under the reputed clan of Tokugawa throughout the late Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Son to Mizuno Tadashige, Katsushige respected the devotion of his father by supporting Sasa Narimasa as retainer during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyushu Campaign in 1587, wandering about in his service before this period in time and considered as an eccentric man, upon result. Additionally supporting Hideyoshi within the invasion of Korea that followed, Katsushige rendered retainership under both Kato Kiyomasa and Konishi Yukinaga--two esteemed retainers under the Toyotomi--up until Hideyoshi's unexpected passing in 1598, at which Katsushige and the entire Mizuno clan joined Tokugawa Ieyasu as full-fledged supporters. As Katsushige saw the life of his father, Tadamune, claimed in the raging conflict within the Battle of Sekigahara of 1600, he fervently served under Ieyasu for consecutive years after this incident, being regarded as a head commander during the Siege of Osaka in 1615 and rewarded with daimyoship over Yamato's Koriyama Castle, as a result. Being transferred to Bingo's Fukuyama Castle, at a later time, Katsushige's final reputable service under the Tokugawa involved his willinging suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion of 1638, using his adopted son--Katsutoshi--to succeed as Mizuno's head, after dying of old age, in 1651.
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- Mizuno Katsushige - SamuraiWiki. (Samurai Archives) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
