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Sakon Shima |
Sakon Shima was one of the most famous warrior and strategist in his era. After his master Junkei Tsutsui’s death, he once retired. But soon,being
offered an extraordinarily generous and polite proposal, he decided to
serve Mitsunari Ishida. Ishida offered almost half of
his income to invite Shima as the commander in chief. People used to tease, “Ishida has two things which he does not deserve,
one is Sakon Shima, the other, SawayamaCastle. But Ishida lost the decisive battle to Ieyasu
Tokugawa, ending up as a rebel and being executed. Though Shima fought fiercely in that losing battle, he died in battlefield
of Sekigahara, together with his two sons. There are many unknown parts in Shima’s
carrrer, including the birthplace and the clan he came from, or accurate age at
death.
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