00:00Konishi Yukinaga was a daimyo who converted to Christianity under the Portuguese baptismal name Agostinho, sometimes translated as Augustine Konishi.
00:07Biography: son of a prosperous merchant from the Sakai region, a high-ranking official in the administration of
00:12Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he follows in his father's footsteps and enters Hideyoshi's service.
00:17In 1592, he participated in the invasion of Korea and the conquest of the southern part of the peninsula.
00:22The lack of troops forces him to negotiate a truce with the Chinese.
00:25In 1597, Hideyoshi launched a second wave of invasion but quickly encountered strong resistance.
00:32Hideyoshi's death in 1598 precipitated Konishi's return to Japan where the war of succession was raging.
00:39He faced Tokugawa Yeyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara.
00:42Captured on October 25th on Mount Ibuki and refusing suicide, a practice contrary to his Christian beliefs, he is
00:48beheaded on November 6 in Kyoto.
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