contributor
26,975
edits
Changes
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
[[File:So-yoshitoshi.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Sô Yoshitoshi in the former ''[[buke yashiki]]'' (samurai households) district of Tsushima Fuchû (Izuhara).]]
[[File:So-yoshitoshi.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Sô Yoshitoshi in the former ''[[buke yashiki]]'' (samurai households) district of Tsushima Fuchû (Izuhara).]]
[[File:So-yoshitoshi-grave.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Grave of Sô Yoshitoshi at [[Banshoin|Banshô-in]] temple on Tsushima]]
* ''Born: [[1568]]''
* ''Born: [[1568]]''
* ''Died: [[1615]]''
* ''Died: [[1615]]''
* ''Titles: Tsushima no kami''
* ''Titles: Tsushima no kami''
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Tsushima province|Tsushima]]''
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Tsushima province|Tsushima]]''
* ''Other Names'': 万松院殿 ''(Banshô-in dono)''
* ''Japanese:'' 宗 義智 (''Sô Yoshitoshi'')<ref>One sometimes sees the name given as "Yoshitomo."</ref>
* ''Japanese:'' 宗 義智 (''Sô Yoshitoshi'')<ref>One sometimes sees the name given as "Yoshitomo."</ref>
Yoshitoshi was the son-in-law of [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and succeeded to the [[So clan|Sô house]] in [[1588]]. He served in the [[Korean Invasions]] under Yukinaga and later sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] ([[1600]]), though he took no part in the fighting.
Yoshitoshi was the 19th head of the [[So clan|Sô clan]] and the first [[Edo period]] lord of [[Tsushima han]]. The fourth son of [[So Masamori|Sô Masamori]], he was a son-in-law of [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and succeeded to become head of the Sô house in [[1588]]. Yoshitoshi served in the [[Korean Invasions]] under Yukinaga and later sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] ([[1600]]), though he took no part in the fighting at Sekigahara.
Yoshitoshi later worked to restore normal relations with Korea. He eventually succeeded, with an official [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy]] first arriving in [[1607]], and the [[Kiyu Treaty|Kiyû Treaty]] being concluded two years later. Following this, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] affirmed the Sô clan's sole (monopoly) rights on Japanese diplomatic and trade relations with Korea.<ref name=statue>Explanatory plaque on Sô Yoshitoshi statue, Izuhara, Tsushima.</ref>
Upon his death in [[1615]], his son [[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]] became ''daimyô''.
Upon his death in [[1615]], his son [[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]] became ''daimyô''.
A statue of Yoshitoshi was erected on Tsushima in 2016, in connection with the 400th anniversary of his death, celebrating Yoshitoshi as a symbol of friendly relations between Japan and Korea.<ref name=statue/>
<br><br><br>
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[So Yoshishige (1532-1588)|Sô Yoshishige]]
|width="35%"|'''Head of the [[So clan|Sô clan]]'''<br> [[1588]]-[[1615]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]]'''
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''None'''
|width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Tsushima han]]'''<br> [[1603]]-[[1615]]
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
==References==
