Kimura Shigekore

• Death: 1595
• Son: Kimura Shigenari
• Distinction: Toyotomi retainer
• Japanese: 木村 重茲 (Kimura Shigekore)

Shigekore served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and served him at the Battle of Yamazaki (1582) and in the Odawara Campaign against the Hôjô (1590). He became an associate of Toyotomi Hidetsugu and committed suicide after the latter's downfall in 1595.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005