About Sakai Kyuzo
Lived 1555 – 1570 (aged 14–15). Sakai Kyuzo was a Japanese samurai and military commander.
Sakai Kyūzō (坂井久蔵,1555–1570) was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga and son of Sakai Masahisa. He fought his first battle at age thirteen, and then fought another battle at the Battle of Anegawa.
In that battle, he was killed by gunfire. He is one of the samurai depicted in "Tales of Heroes of the Chronicles of the Great Peace", a series of woodblock prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
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Who was Sakai Kyuzo?
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When was Sakai Kyuzo born?
Sakai Kyuzo was born in 1555.
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Sakai Kyuzo died in 1570.
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Sakai Kyuzo was a samurai and military commander.
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Sakai Kyuzo was Japanese.
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