Mizuno Katsunari | |
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| 水野 勝成 | |
 Silk painting depicting Mizuno Katsunari[1] | |
| Daimyo of Kariya Domain | |
| In office 1600–1615 | |
| Succeeded by | Mizuno Tadakiyo |
| Daimyo of Fukuyama Domain | |
| In office 1619–1639 | |
| Succeeded by | Mizuno Katsutoshi |
| Daimyo of Kōriyama Domain | |
| In office 1615–1619 | |
| Succeeded by | Matsudaira Tadaaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1564 Okazaki, Aichi |
| Died | May 4, 1651 Kenchu-ji Temple, Fukuyama Domain |
| Relations | Mizuno Tadashige (father) Mizuno Katsutoshi (son) |
| Nickname(s) | Rin-kai-fuki Oni-Hyūga |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Mizuno Tadashige (Tokugawa clan→Oda Nobukatsu) → Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Sengoku Hidehisa → Sassa Narimasa → Kuroda Yoshitaka → Konishi Yukinaga → Katō Kiyomasa → Tachibana Muneshige) → ? → Mōri clan (Mimura Chikanari) → Tokugawa clan (Tokugawa Ieyasu → Tokugawa Hidetada → Tokugawa Iemitsu) |
| Unit |  Mizuno clan |
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Mizuno Katsunari (水野 勝成) (1564–1651), also known as Mizuno Rokuzaemon (水野 六左衛門), was a Rōnin, and a Japanese samurai daimyō of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods.[2] Mizuno Katsushige was known for his participations in battles against Takeda clan, Tenshō-Jingo War, Kyūshū campaign Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Battle of Sekigahara, Siege of Osaka, and Shimabara Rebellion.
During his life, Katsunari often changed his allegiance. However, in the end he returned to serve his original lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and continued his service to the Tokugawa shogunate for 3 generations until Tokugawa Iemitsu. Katsunari tendency to change his allegiance quite often has garnered him a nickname Rin kai fuki (倫魁不羈), which etymologically means "too awesome to serve (only) one lord". Katsunari died on May 4, 1651.
His court title was Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守). It was said that since Akechi Mitsuhide, no one want the title of Hyūga no Kami until Katsunari, as Katsunari stated that he does not care about Mitsuhide's bad reputation as traitor and not afraid about bad omen of the title. Since then, Katsunari got a nickname Hyūga Demon (鬼日向).[3] Katsunari's tales of journeys during his life and for his friendship with the legendary Rōnin Miyamoto Musashi has produced many anecdotes about him.
- ^ "広島県の文化財 - 絹本著色水野勝成画像" [Cultural Properties of Hiroshima Prefecture - Silk painting by Katsunari Mizuno]. Hiroshima Prefecture website (in Japanese). 広島県教育委員会事務局. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Mizuno" at Nobiliare du Japon, pp. 35–36; retrieved 2013-5-25.
- ^ Hirai 1992.