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| [[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> |
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− | 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. |
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− | After Sekigahara, he became the first ''daimyô'' of [[Tsushima han]], and worked to restore normal relations with Korea. He eventually succeeded, with an official [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy]] first arriving in [[1607]].
| + | 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]]. |
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| 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''. |