People・Kagoshima
Shimazu YoshihiroShimazu Yoshihiro
Also known as: Ishin・Demon Shimazu
The 17th head of the Shimazu clan, nicknamed “Demon Shimazu” for his battlefield ferocity, Yoshihiro defeated a much larger Ming-Korean army at Sacheon in 1598 and famously broke straight through enemy lines at Sekigahara in 1600 to escape back to Satsuma. Korean potters he brought home founded the Satsuma-yaki pottery tradition.
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