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Ishikawa Akimitsu

1550 – 1622

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About Ishikawa Akimitsu

Lived 1550 – 1622 (aged 72). Ishikawa Akimitsu was a samurai.

, also known as Kojiro or Jirō (次郎) or by his court title, Yamato no Kami (大和守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He served the Date clan of Sendai han during the tenure of its lord Masamune.

Akimitsu was born in 1550 as Kojiro, the fourth son of Date Harumune. His siblings included Rusu Masakage and Date Terumune, Masamune's father.

In 1563, Ishikawa Harumitsu, the twenty-fifth head of the Mutsu-Ishikawa clan, adopted Kojiro (later, he was renamed Ishikawa Akimitsu). Harumitsu handed over the head of the Mutsu-Ishikawa family to Akimitsu and retired.

After the destruction of the Ashina clan in Tenshō 17 (1589), he came under Masamune's command. In Masamune's service, Akimitsu was acknowledged as chief among the heads of the Date clan's cadet branches, or ichimon-hittō (一門衆筆頭). He served in the Korean campaign, as well as the Osaka campaign.

In 1598, Akimitsu was entrusted with Kakuda Castle, which came with a stipend of 10,000 koku.

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Who was Ishikawa Akimitsu?

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When was Ishikawa Akimitsu born?

Ishikawa Akimitsu was born on 22 March 1550 in Japan.

When did Ishikawa Akimitsu die?

Ishikawa Akimitsu died on 16 August 1622.

What was Ishikawa Akimitsu's occupation?

Ishikawa Akimitsu was a samurai.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ishikawa Akimitsu

· Wikidata: Q1086694

· DBpedia: Ishikawa Akimitsu

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