    was a japanese daimyÅ of the azuchi-momoyama and edo period. ==origins and early career== kiyomasa was born in what is now nakamura-ku, nagoya (situated in contemporary aichi district, owari province) to katÅ kiyotada. kiyotada's wife, ito, was a cousin of toyotomi hideyoshi's mother.e. papinot, historical and geographical dictionary of japan, yokohama: kelly & walsh, 1910, reprint, rutland, vermont: charles tuttle, 1972, pp. 262-263 kiyotada died while his son (then known as toranosuke) was still young. soon after, toranosuke entered with hideyoshi, and in 1576, at age 15, was granted a reward of 170 koku. he fought in hideyoshi's army at the battle of yamazaki, and later, at the battle of shizugatake. owing to his achievement in that battle, he became known as one of the seven spears of shizugatake.naramoto tatsuya (1994). nihon no kassen: monoshiri jiten. (tokyo: shufu to seikatsusha), p. 327 hideyoshi rewarded kiyomasa with a reward of 3,000 koku. when hideyoshi became the kampaku in the summer of 1585, kiyomasa received the court title of kazue no kami (ä¸»è¨é ­) and junior 5th court rank, lower grade (ju go-i no ge å¾äºä½ä¸). in 1586, after higo province was confiscated from sassa narimasa, he was granted 250,000 koku of land in higo (roughly half of the province), and given kumamoto castle as his provincial residence. ==during the seven-year war== 400px|thumb|kiyomasa hunting a tiger in korea. tiger hunting was a common pastime for the samurai during the war. kiyomasa was one of the three senior commanders during the seven-year war (1592â1598) against the korean dynasty of joseon. together with konishi yukinaga, he captured seoul, busan and many other cities. he defeated the last of the korean regulars at the battle of imjin river and pacified hamgyong. kiyomasa was an excellent architect of castles and fortification. during the imjin war, he built several japanese style castles in korea to better defend the conquered lands. ulsan castle was one of the fortresses that kiyomasa built, and it proved its
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