Azuchi-Momoyama period
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KATÔ Kiyomasa 加藤清正
(1562-1611)

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Katô Kiyomasa was a territorial lord (daimyô) and a military leader - who helped both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu in their attempts to unify Japan - and an excellent architect of castles and fortifications. From 1601 to 1607 he greatly expanded Kumamoto-jô, the castle in Kumamoto City into a castle complex with 49 turrets. Katô Kiyomasa was born in what is now  Nakamura / Nagoya.

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Katô Kiyomasa
castle wall - Kumamoto-jô castle
Azuchi-Momoyama period / history
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Katô Kiyomasa
castle - Kumamoto City
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Katô Kiyomasa
portrait + castle - Kumamoto
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Katô Kiyomasa
statue in Nagoya - castle park
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