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*''Born: [[1562]]''
*''Died: [[1597]]''
*''Distinctions: [[Kono clan|Konô]], [[Chosokabe clan|Chôsokabe]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer
*''Title: [[Izumo province|Izumo]] no kami''
*''Sons: [[Kurushima Michichika|Michichika]] (1580-1611), [[Kurushima Yasuchika|Yasuchika]] (1582-1612)
*''Japanese'': 来島通総 ''(Kurushima Michifusa)''

Kurushima Michifusa was a son of [[Kurushima Michiyasu]] and served the [[Kono clan|Kôno]] until their defeat at the hands of [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]] in 1580. When the Chôsokabe were in the process of being defeated in turn by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in 1585, Michiyasu gave his allegiance to the latter. He was confirmed in a 12,000-''[[koku]]'' fief in [[Iyo province]] (Kuroshima) and went on to serve as a naval commander for Hideyoshi. He commanded ships in the [[Odawara Campaign|Odawara]] (1590) and [[Korean Invasions|Korean Campaigns]] and fought in a number of naval contests with the Korean Admiral [[Yi Sun Shin]]. He was defeated and killed by Yi in the [[Battle of Myongyang]] (1597).

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