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Omura was now a vassal of the Ryuzoji and finally allowed some breathing room. Takanobu turned his eye on the Arima of the Shimabara peninsula, a clan who, like the Omura, had turned to the foreigners for assistance. In [[1584]] [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] an expeditionary force to Shimabara to assist the reeling Arima, prompting Takanobu to personally lead an army to the area. Sumitada was summoned to lead his own men in support, but was late in taking to the road and managed to miss the decisive [[Battle of Okinanawate]]. Takanobu was killed during the battle and the political picture in Hizen changed drastically.  

Omura was now a vassal of the Ryuzoji and finally allowed some breathing room. Takanobu turned his eye on the Arima of the Shimabara peninsula, a clan who, like the Omura, had turned to the foreigners for assistance. In [[1584]] [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] an expeditionary force to Shimabara to assist the reeling Arima, prompting Takanobu to personally lead an army to the area. Sumitada was summoned to lead his own men in support, but was late in taking to the road and managed to miss the decisive [[Battle of Okinanawate]]. Takanobu was killed during the battle and the political picture in Hizen changed drastically.  

In [[1587]] [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] invaded Kyushu and the Omura submitted, though they suffered the loss of the Nagasaki trade. Sumitada died that same year and was succeeded by his son [[Omura Yoshiaki|Yoshiaki]] ([[1568]]-[[1615]]). Like his father, Yoshiaki was a Christian, and in that capacity was known as Dom Sancho. Yoshiaki served in the [[1592]] Korean invasion, leading 1,000 men under [[Konishi Yukinaga]]. In [[1600]] he elected to remain neutral during the Sekigahara campaign and as a result was ordered to retire in favor of his son Suminobu. Although baptized in his youth, Suminobu persecuted those Christians still residing in Omura and helped put down the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] ([[1637]]-[[1638|38]]). The Omura stood as a daimyo house until the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the abolishment of the han in the 19th Century.

In [[1587]] [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] invaded Kyushu and the Omura submitted, though they suffered the loss of the Nagasaki trade. Sumitada died that same year and was succeeded by his son [[Omura Yoshiaki|Yoshiaki]] ([[1568]]-[[1615]]). Like his father, Yoshiaki was a Christian, and in that capacity was known as Dom Sancho. Yoshiaki served in the [[1592]] [[Korean Invasions|Korean invasion]], leading 1,000 men under [[Konishi Yukinaga]]. In [[1600]] he elected to remain neutral during the Sekigahara campaign and as a result was ordered to retire in favor of his son Suminobu. Although baptized in his youth, Suminobu persecuted those Christians still residing in Omura and helped put down the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] ([[1637]]-[[1638|38]]). The Omura stood as a daimyo house until the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the abolishment of the han in the 19th Century.

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