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	===Service to Nobunaga and captivity===		===Service to Nobunaga and captivity===
	By 1577, he entered the military as a [[samurai]] under [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s commander [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who led the {{Wiki\|ja:中国攻め\|campaign}} in western {{Wiki\|Chūgoku region}} to break {{Wiki\|Mōri clan}} resistance to [[Oda clan]] rule.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Database: The Invasion of the Chugoku Provinces]]</ref> In May 1578,<ref>{{WP\|ja:三木合戦\|三木合戦}}</ref> when Yoshitaka and the army marched west, Harima's ruling Governor (守護, ''{{Wiki\|shugo}}'') {{Wiki\|Akamatsu Norifusa}} surrendered the weak {{Wiki\|Akamatsu clan}}'s holdings, letting Hideyoshi take the region peacefully.		By 1577, he entered the military as a [[samurai]] under [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s commander [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who led the {{Wiki\|ja:中国攻め\|campaign}} in western {{Wiki\|Chūgoku region}} to break {{Wiki\|Mōri clan}} resistance to [[Oda clan]] rule.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: The Invasion of the Chugoku Provinces]]</ref> In May 1578,<ref>{{WP\|ja:三木合戦\|三木合戦}}</ref> when Yoshitaka and the army marched west, Harima's ruling Governor (守護, ''{{Wiki\|shugo}}'') {{Wiki\|Akamatsu Norifusa}} surrendered the weak {{Wiki\|Akamatsu clan}}'s holdings, letting Hideyoshi take the region peacefully.

	Offended at his lord's submission to the low-born Hideyoshi, {{Wiki\|ja:別所吉親\|Bessho Yoshichika}} convinced his nephew [[Bessho Nagaharu\|Nagaharu]],<ref name="MikiSiege"/> one of Hideyoshi's generals,<ref>{{WP\|ja:中国攻め\|中国攻め}}</ref> to defect and ally the [[Bessho clan]] with the Mōri.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion"/> This dragged both<ref name="MikiSiege"/> of the Akamatsu's branch families ({{Wiki\|ja:庶家\|庶家}}, ''shoge'')<ref>{{WP\|ja:別所氏\|別所氏}}</ref> into open revolt, sparking the {{Wiki\|Siege of Miki}}.<ref name="MikiSiege"/> Five months into the siege,<ref name="ItamiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Itami (1579)}}</ref> in which Yoshitaka and {{Wiki\|Takenaka Shigeharu}} served as {{Wiki\|ja:両兵衛\|joint tacticians}}, he witnessed General {{Wiki\|Araki Murashige}} suddenly retreat and return to {{Wiki\|Itami Castle}} in [[Izumi Settsu\|Settsu]], hoping to also revolt against Nobunaga.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/>		Offended at his lord's submission to the low-born Hideyoshi, {{Wiki\|ja:別所吉親\|Bessho Yoshichika}} convinced his nephew [[Bessho Nagaharu\|Nagaharu]],<ref name="MikiSiege"/> one of Hideyoshi's generals,<ref>{{WP\|ja:中国攻め\|中国攻め}}</ref> to defect and ally the [[Bessho clan]] with the Mōri.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion"/> This dragged both<ref name="MikiSiege"/> of the Akamatsu's branch families ({{Wiki\|ja:庶家\|庶家}}, ''shoge'')<ref>{{WP\|ja:別所氏\|別所氏}}</ref> into open revolt, sparking the {{Wiki\|Siege of Miki}}.<ref name="MikiSiege"/> Five months into the siege,<ref name="ItamiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Itami (1579)}}</ref> in which Yoshitaka and {{Wiki\|Takenaka Shigeharu}} served as {{Wiki\|ja:両兵衛\|joint tacticians}}, he witnessed General {{Wiki\|Araki Murashige}} suddenly retreat and return to {{Wiki\|Itami Castle}} in [[Izumi Settsu\|Settsu]], hoping to also revolt against Nobunaga.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/>
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	Yoshitaka rode for Itami and tried to sway Murashige against this action, but Murashige instead imprisoned him in the dungeon. Believing Yoshitaka's stay was voluntary,<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Nobunaga accused him of espionage and ordered Nagamasa's execution,<ref>{{WP\|Kuroda Nagamasa}}</ref> but Shigeharu secretly took him to {{Wiki\|Gifu Prefecture}} and hid him in the town {{Wiki\|Tarui, Gifu\|Tarui}} beneath {{Wiki\|ja:菩提山城\|Bodaiyama Castle}}, falsely reporting his death by substituting another man's head.<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田長政\|黒田長政}}</ref>		Yoshitaka rode for Itami and tried to sway Murashige against this action, but Murashige instead imprisoned him in the dungeon. Believing Yoshitaka's stay was voluntary,<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Nobunaga accused him of espionage and ordered Nagamasa's execution,<ref>{{WP\|Kuroda Nagamasa}}</ref> but Shigeharu secretly took him to {{Wiki\|Gifu Prefecture}} and hid him in the town {{Wiki\|Tarui, Gifu\|Tarui}} beneath {{Wiki\|ja:菩提山城\|Bodaiyama Castle}}, falsely reporting his death by substituting another man's head.<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田長政\|黒田長政}}</ref>

	With Yoshitaka prisoner and expecting aid from the Mōri or the ''[[Ikkō-ikki]]'' who still fought the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]], Murashige prepared for a siege<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> from Nobunaga's eldest son {{Wiki\|Captain general}} ({{Wiki\|ja:総大将\|総大将}}, ''sō-daishō'')<ref name="JPItami">{{WP\|ja:有岡城の戦い\|有岡城の戦い}}</ref> {{Wiki\|Oda Nobutada\|Nobutada}} and younger brother {{Wiki\|Oda Nagamasu\|Nagamasu}}. In August 1579, seeing neither ally could help, Murashige slipped past Nobutada's lines and fled to [[Amagasaki Castle]], leaving Yoshitaka behind. With his leader abandoning them, Murashige's lieutenant Nakanishi Shinipachirō<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (中西新八郎)<ref name="JPItami"/> joined Nobutada on 15 October, letting General {{Wiki\|Takigawa Kazumasu}}'s troops attack the nearby Jōrōzuka Fort<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (上臈塚砦)<ref name="JPItami"/> before {{Wiki\|Coup de main\|swiftly}} taking the town {{Wiki\|Itami}} and razing it.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Yoshitaka's retainer {{Wiki\|ja:栗山利安\|Kuriyama Toshiyasu}} rescued him the next day,<ref name="JPItami"/> but his long imprisonment in a confined space<ref name="JPWiki"/> crippled his right leg for life.<ref name="Rengakai">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Rengakai]]</ref>		With Yoshitaka prisoner and expecting aid from the Mōri or the ''[[Ikkō-ikki]]'' who still fought the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]], Murashige prepared for a siege<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> from Nobunaga's eldest son {{Wiki\|Captain general}} ({{Wiki\|ja:総大将\|総大将}}, ''sō-daishō'')<ref name="JPItami">{{WP\|ja:有岡城の戦い\|有岡城の戦い}}</ref> {{Wiki\|Oda Nobutada\|Nobutada}} and younger brother {{Wiki\|Oda Nagamasu\|Nagamasu}}. In August 1579, seeing neither ally could help, Murashige slipped past Nobutada's lines and fled to [[Amagasaki Castle]], leaving Yoshitaka behind. With his leader abandoning them, Murashige's lieutenant Nakanishi Shinipachirō<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (中西新八郎)<ref name="JPItami"/> joined Nobutada on 15 October, letting General {{Wiki\|Takigawa Kazumasu}}'s troops attack the nearby Jōrōzuka Fort<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (上臈塚砦)<ref name="JPItami"/> before {{Wiki\|Coup de main\|swiftly}} taking the town {{Wiki\|Itami}} and razing it.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Yoshitaka's retainer {{Wiki\|ja:栗山利安\|Kuriyama Toshiyasu}} rescued him the next day,<ref name="JPItami"/> but his long imprisonment in a confined space<ref name="JPWiki"/> crippled his right leg for life.<ref name="Rengakai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Rengakai]]</ref>

	===Service to Hideyoshi===		===Service to Hideyoshi===

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	{{Character Infobox		{{Character Infobox
	\|name= Kuroda Yoshitaka		\|name=Kuroda Yoshitaka
	\|native=		\|native=
	\|image= ACSH Kuroda Kanbei.png		\|image=ACSH Kuroda Kanbei.png
	\|birth= 22 December 1546<br>[[Himeji]], [[Harima]], [[Japan]]		\|birth=22 December 1546<br>[[Himeji]], [[Harima]], [[Japan]]
	\|death= 20 March 1604 {{c\|aged 57}}<br>{{Wiki\|Iizuka, Fukuoka\|Iizuka}}, {{Wiki\|Chikuzen Province}}, Japan		\|death=20 March 1604 {{c\|aged 57}}<br>{{Wiki\|Iizuka, Fukuoka\|Iizuka}}, {{Wiki\|Chikuzen Province}}, Japan
	\|species= [[Human]]		\|species=[[Human]]
	\|database=		\|database=[[Database: Kuroda Yoshitaka\|Kuroda Yoshitaka]]
	\|affiliates= {{Wiki\|Kuroda clan}}~~<br>~~[[Oda clan]]~~<br>~~{{Wiki\|Toyotomi clan}}~~<br>~~[[Tokugawa shogunate]]		\|affiliates=*{{Wiki\|Kuroda clan}} {{c\|1567 – death}}
			*[[Oda clan]] {{c\|1577 – 1582}}
			*{{Wiki\|Toyotomi clan}} {{c\|1582 – 1598}}
			*[[Tokugawa shogunate]] {{c\|1600 – death}}
	}}		}}
	'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604),<ref name="Wiki">{{WP}}</ref> also known by his {{Wiki\|仮名 (通称)\|common name}}<ref name="JPWiki">{{WP\|ja:黒田孝高\|黒田孝高}}</ref> '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' who lived in the late [[Sengoku period]] and a {{Wiki\|ja:軍師\|master strategist}}<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Kuroda Yoshitaka]]</ref> ([[wikt:軍師\|軍師]], ''gunshi'')<ref name="JPWiki"/> that served each of Japan's {{Wiki\|:ja:三英傑\|three great unifiers}} (三英傑) in succession.		'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604),<ref name="Wiki">{{WP}}</ref> also known by his {{Wiki\|仮名 (通称)\|common name}}<ref name="JPWiki">{{WP\|ja:黒田孝高\|黒田孝高}}</ref> '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' who lived in the late [[Sengoku period]] and a {{Wiki\|ja:軍師\|master strategist}}<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Kuroda Yoshitaka]]</ref> ([[wikt:軍師\|軍師]], ''gunshi'')<ref name="JPWiki"/> that served each of Japan's {{Wiki\|ja:三英傑\|three great unifiers}} (三英傑) in succession.

	Yoshitaka was born in [[Himeji]], [[Harima]] under the name Kodera Mankichi (小寺万吉) despite being of the {{Wiki\|Kuroda clan}}. Because his grandfather {{Wiki\|ja:黒田重隆\|Shigetaka}}<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="JPWiki"/> had dutifully served Harima's Deputy Governor (守護代, ''{{Wiki\|shugodai}}'')<ref name="MikiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Miki}}</ref> {{Wiki\|ja:小寺政職\|Kodera Masamoto}} in {{Wiki\|ja:御着城\|Gochaku Castle}},<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="JPWiki"/> Masamoto appointed Shigetaka's son {{Wiki\|Kuroda Mototaka\|Mototaka}} as [[Himeji Castle]]'s {{Wiki\|castellan}} ({{Wiki\|ja:城代\|城代}}, ''jōdai''),<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田重隆\|黒田重隆}}</ref> and granted him permission to use the {{Wiki\|ja:小寺氏\|Kodera clan}} name after marrying {{Wiki\|ja:明石正風\|Akashi Masakaze}}'s daughter whom Masamoto had {{Wiki\|Japanese adult adoption\|adopted}}. Yoshitaka was the first child of this union.<ref name="Wiki"/> In 1567, he took over as the Kuroda head when Mototaka {{Wiki\|ja:隠居\|retired}},<ref name="Wiki"/> married {{Wiki\|ja:櫛橋伊定\|Kushihashi Koresada}}'s daughter {{Wiki\|Kushihashi Teru\|Teru}} whom Masamoto had also adopted,<ref>{{WP\|Kushihashi Teru}}</ref> and sired his son {{Wiki\|Kuroda Nagamasa\|Nagamasa}} the next year.		==Biography==
			===Early life===
			Yoshitaka was born in [[Himeji]], [[Harima]] under the name Kodera Mankichi (小寺万吉) despite being of the {{Wiki\|Kuroda clan}}. Because his grandfather {{Wiki\|ja:黒田重隆\|Shigetaka}}<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="JPWiki"/> had dutifully served Harima's Deputy Governor (守護代, ''{{Wiki\|shugodai}}'')<ref name="MikiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Miki}}</ref> {{Wiki\|ja:小寺政職\|Kodera Masamoto}} in {{Wiki\|ja:御着城\|Gochaku Castle}},<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="JPWiki"/> Masamoto appointed Shigetaka's son {{Wiki\|Kuroda Mototaka\|Mototaka}} as [[Himeji Castle]]'s {{Wiki\|castellan}} ({{Wiki\|ja:城代\|城代}}, ''jōdai''),<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田重隆\|黒田重隆}}</ref> and granted him permission to use the {{Wiki\|ja:小寺氏\|Kodera clan}} name after marrying {{Wiki\|ja:明石正風\|Akashi Masakaze}}'s daughter whom Masamoto had {{Wiki\|Japanese adult adoption\|adopted}}. Yoshitaka was the first child of this union.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	~~By 1577 had entered the military~~ as ~~a [[samurai]] under [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s commander [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who led~~ the {{Wiki\|ja:~~中国攻め~~\|~~campaign~~}} ~~in western {{Wiki\|Chūgoku region}} to break {{Wiki\|Mōri clan}} resistance to [[Oda clan]] rule.~~<ref name="~~ChugokuInvasion~~"~~>''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Database: The Invasion of the Chugoku Provinces]]<~~/~~ref> In May 1578,<ref~~>{{WP\|ja:~~三木合戦~~\|~~三木合戦~~}}~~</ref> when Yoshitaka and the army marched west, Harima~~'s ~~ruling Governor (守護, ''~~{{Wiki\|~~shugo~~}}~~'')~~ {{~~Wiki~~\|~~Akamatsu Norifusa~~}} ~~surrendered the weak~~ {{Wiki\|~~Akamatsu clan~~}}~~'s holdings, letting Hideyoshi take~~ the ~~region peacefully~~.		In 1567, he took over as the Kuroda head when Mototaka {{Wiki\|ja:隠居\|retired}},<ref name="Wiki"/> married {{Wiki\|ja:櫛橋伊定\|Kushihashi Koresada}}'s daughter {{Wiki\|Kushihashi Teru\|Teru}} whom Masamoto had also adopted,<ref>{{WP\|Kushihashi Teru}}</ref> and sired his son {{Wiki\|Kuroda Nagamasa\|Nagamasa}} the next year.

	Offended at his lord's submission to the low-born Hideyoshi, {{Wiki\|ja:別所吉親\|Bessho Yoshichika}} convinced his nephew [[Bessho Nagaharu\|Nagaharu]],<ref name="MikiSiege"/> one of Hideyoshi's generals,<ref>{{WP\|ja:中国攻め\|中国攻め}}</ref> to defect and ally the [[Bessho clan]] with the Mōri.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion"/> This dragged both<ref name="MikiSiege"/> of the Akamatsu's branch families ({{Wiki\|ja:庶家\|庶家}}, ''shoge'')<ref>{{WP\|ja:別所氏\|別所氏}}</ref> into open revolt, sparking the {{Wiki\|Siege of Miki}}.<ref name="MikiSiege"/> ~~In October~~,<ref name="ItamiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Itami (1579)}}</ref> in which Yoshitaka and {{Wiki\|Takenaka Shigeharu}} served as {{Wiki\|ja:両兵衛\|joint tacticians}}, he witnessed General {{Wiki\|Araki Murashige}} suddenly retreat and return to {{Wiki\|Itami Castle}} in [[Izumi Settsu\|Settsu]], hoping to also revolt against Nobunaga.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/>		===Service to Nobunaga and captivity===
			By 1577, he entered the military as a [[samurai]] under [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s commander [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who led the {{Wiki\|ja:中国攻め\|campaign}} in western {{Wiki\|Chūgoku region}} to break {{Wiki\|Mōri clan}} resistance to [[Oda clan]] rule.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Database: The Invasion of the Chugoku Provinces]]</ref> In May 1578,<ref>{{WP\|ja:三木合戦\|三木合戦}}</ref> when Yoshitaka and the army marched west, Harima's ruling Governor (守護, ''{{Wiki\|shugo}}'') {{Wiki\|Akamatsu Norifusa}} surrendered the weak {{Wiki\|Akamatsu clan}}'s holdings, letting Hideyoshi take the region peacefully.

			Offended at his lord's submission to the low-born Hideyoshi, {{Wiki\|ja:別所吉親\|Bessho Yoshichika}} convinced his nephew [[Bessho Nagaharu\|Nagaharu]],<ref name="MikiSiege"/> one of Hideyoshi's generals,<ref>{{WP\|ja:中国攻め\|中国攻め}}</ref> to defect and ally the [[Bessho clan]] with the Mōri.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion"/> This dragged both<ref name="MikiSiege"/> of the Akamatsu's branch families ({{Wiki\|ja:庶家\|庶家}}, ''shoge'')<ref>{{WP\|ja:別所氏\|別所氏}}</ref> into open revolt, sparking the {{Wiki\|Siege of Miki}}.<ref name="MikiSiege"/> Five months into the siege,<ref name="ItamiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Itami (1579)}}</ref> in which Yoshitaka and {{Wiki\|Takenaka Shigeharu}} served as {{Wiki\|ja:両兵衛\|joint tacticians}}, he witnessed General {{Wiki\|Araki Murashige}} suddenly retreat and return to {{Wiki\|Itami Castle}} in [[Izumi Settsu\|Settsu]], hoping to also revolt against Nobunaga.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/>

	Yoshitaka rode for Itami and tried to sway Murashige against this action, but Murashige instead imprisoned him in the dungeon. Believing Yoshitaka's stay was voluntary,<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Nobunaga accused him of espionage and ordered Nagamasa's execution,<ref>{{WP\|Kuroda Nagamasa}}</ref> but Shigeharu secretly took him to {{Wiki\|Gifu Prefecture}} and hid him in the town {{Wiki\|Tarui, Gifu\|Tarui}} beneath {{Wiki\|ja:菩提山城\|Bodaiyama Castle}}, falsely reporting his death by substituting another man's head.<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田長政\|黒田長政}}</ref>		Yoshitaka rode for Itami and tried to sway Murashige against this action, but Murashige instead imprisoned him in the dungeon. Believing Yoshitaka's stay was voluntary,<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Nobunaga accused him of espionage and ordered Nagamasa's execution,<ref>{{WP\|Kuroda Nagamasa}}</ref> but Shigeharu secretly took him to {{Wiki\|Gifu Prefecture}} and hid him in the town {{Wiki\|Tarui, Gifu\|Tarui}} beneath {{Wiki\|ja:菩提山城\|Bodaiyama Castle}}, falsely reporting his death by substituting another man's head.<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田長政\|黒田長政}}</ref>

	With Yoshitaka prisoner and expecting aid from the Mōri or the ''[[Ikkō-ikki]]'' who still fought the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]], Murashige prepared for a siege<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> from Nobunaga's eldest son {{Wiki\|Captain general}} ({{Wiki\|ja:総大将\|総大将}}, ''sō-daishō'')<ref name="JPItami">{{WP\|ja:有岡城の戦い\|有岡城の戦い}}</ref> {{Wiki\|Oda Nobutada\|Nobutada}} and younger brother {{Wiki\|Oda Nagamasu\|Nagamasu}}. In August 1579, seeing neither ally could help, Murashige slipped past Nobutada's lines and fled to [[Amagasaki Castle]], leaving Yoshitaka behind. With his leader abandoning them, Murashige's lieutenant Nakanishi Shinipachirō<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (中西新八郎)<ref name="JPItami"/> joined Nobutada on 15 October, letting {{Wiki\|Takigawa Kazumasu}}'s troops attack the nearby Jōrōzuka Fort<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (上臈塚砦)<ref name="JPItami"/> before {{Wiki\|Coup de main\|swiftly}} taking the town {{Wiki\|Itami}} and razing it.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Yoshitaka's retainer {{Wiki\|ja:栗山利安\|Kuriyama Toshiyasu}} rescued him the next day,<ref name="JPItami"/> but his long imprisonment in a confined space<ref name="JPWiki"/> crippled his right leg for life.<ref name="Rengakai">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Rengakai]]</ref>		With Yoshitaka prisoner and expecting aid from the Mōri or the ''[[Ikkō-ikki]]'' who still fought the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]], Murashige prepared for a siege<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> from Nobunaga's eldest son {{Wiki\|Captain general}} ({{Wiki\|ja:総大将\|総大将}}, ''sō-daishō'')<ref name="JPItami">{{WP\|ja:有岡城の戦い\|有岡城の戦い}}</ref> {{Wiki\|Oda Nobutada\|Nobutada}} and younger brother {{Wiki\|Oda Nagamasu\|Nagamasu}}. In August 1579, seeing neither ally could help, Murashige slipped past Nobutada's lines and fled to [[Amagasaki Castle]], leaving Yoshitaka behind. With his leader abandoning them, Murashige's lieutenant Nakanishi Shinipachirō<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (中西新八郎)<ref name="JPItami"/> joined Nobutada on 15 October, letting General {{Wiki\|Takigawa Kazumasu}}'s troops attack the nearby Jōrōzuka Fort<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (上臈塚砦)<ref name="JPItami"/> before {{Wiki\|Coup de main\|swiftly}} taking the town {{Wiki\|Itami}} and razing it.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Yoshitaka's retainer {{Wiki\|ja:栗山利安\|Kuriyama Toshiyasu}} rescued him the next day,<ref name="JPItami"/> but his long imprisonment in a confined space<ref name="JPWiki"/> crippled his right leg for life.<ref name="Rengakai">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Rengakai]]</ref>

			===Service to Hideyoshi===
	Following Nobunaga's [[assassination]] during [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]'s June 1582 [[Honnō-ji incident\|attack]] on [[Honnō-ji]], Yoshitaka joined Hideyoshi.<ref name="Wiki"/> Shortly after, he met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted in Himeji Castle.<ref name="Rengakai"/> By July, he helped Hideyoshi in the [[Battle of Yamazaki]] to avenge their lord.<ref name="Wiki"/>		Following Nobunaga's [[assassination]] during [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]'s June 1582 [[Honnō-ji incident\|attack]] on [[Honnō-ji]], Yoshitaka joined Hideyoshi.<ref name="Wiki"/> Shortly after, he met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted in Himeji Castle.<ref name="Rengakai"/> By July, he helped Hideyoshi in the [[Battle of Yamazaki]] to avenge their lord.<ref name="Wiki"/>

	Over the next decade, despite his injury, Yoshitaka helped Hideyoshi secure victory at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Shizugatake}} in {{Wiki\|Honshu}}, his {{Wiki\|Kyūshū campaign\|campaign}} in [[Kyushu]], and the [[Imjin War]]'s initial stages<ref name="Database"/> in ultimately failed attempts to fight [[Joseon]] and [[Ming dynasty\|Ming]] forces to invade the [[Korea]]n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]].<ref>{{WP\|Imjin War}}</ref> It was during this time, in 1585, that the {{Wiki\|ja:キリシタン大名\|Christian ''daimyō''}} [[Takayama Ukon]] influenced him to convert to [[Christianity]], but when Hideyoshi {{Wiki\|Bateren Edict\|mandated}} in 1587 for Christians to {{Wiki\|Apostasy\|renounce}} their faith, Yoshitaka adopted the [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] name ~~{{Wiki\|Joshua\|~~Josui}}<ref name="Database"/> (如水).<ref name="Wiki"/>		Over the next decade, despite his injury, Yoshitaka helped Hideyoshi secure victory at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Shizugatake}} in {{Wiki\|Honshu}}, his {{Wiki\|Kyūshū campaign\|campaign}} in [[Kyushu]], and the [[Imjin War]]'s initial stages<ref name="Database"/> in ultimately failed attempts to fight [[Joseon]] and [[Ming dynasty\|Ming]] forces to invade the [[Korea]]n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]].<ref>{{WP\|Imjin War}}</ref> It was during this time, in 1585, that the {{Wiki\|ja:キリシタン大名\|Christian ''daimyō''}} [[Takayama Ukon]] influenced him to convert to [[Christianity]], but when Hideyoshi {{Wiki\|Bateren Edict\|mandated}} in 1587 for Christians to {{Wiki\|Apostasy\|renounce}} their faith, Yoshitaka adopted the [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] name Josui<ref name="Database"/> (如水).<ref name="Wiki"/>

			===Service to Ieyasu and death===
			After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, his {{Wiki\|Council of Five Elders}} spent two years infighting for absolute power.<ref>{{WP\|Toyotomi Hideyoshi}}</ref> Yoshitaka sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], giving critical advice for the {{Wiki\|Sekigahara campaign}} and the decisive [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in October 1600 that defeated [[Ishida Mitsunari]] and allowed Ieyasu to establish the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. As a reward, Ieyasu granted Yoshitaka and Nagamasa with land and title over Honshu's {{Wiki\|Chikuzen Province}}, where they established the {{Wiki\|Fukuoka Domain}}.<ref name="Database"/>

	~~After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, his~~ {{Wiki\|~~Council of Five Elders~~}} ~~began infighting for absolute power~~.<ref>{{WP\|~~Toyotomi Hideyoshi~~}}</ref> Yoshitaka ~~sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]~~, ~~giving critical advice for~~ the ~~{{Wiki\|Sekigahara campaign}}~~ and the decisive [[Battle of Sekigahara]] that defeated [[Ishida Mitsunari]] and allowed Ieyasu to establish the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. As a reward, Ieyasu granted Yoshitaka and Nagamasa with land and title over Honshu's {{Wiki\|~~Chikuzen Province}}~~, ~~where they established the {{Wiki~~\|~~Fukuoka Domain~~}}.<ref name="~~Database~~"/>		The clan began laying foundations for {{Wiki\|Fukoka Castle}} in their new land the next year.<ref>{{WP\|Fukoka Castle}}</ref> After passing clan leadership to Nagamasa, Yoshitaka died in April 1604, mid-way through the castle's seven-year construction, and was buried in what is now the city {{Wiki\|Iizuka, Fukoka\|Iizuka}}'s borough of Namazuta.<ref name="Wiki"/>

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	\|birth= 22 December 1546<br>[[Himeji]], [[Harima ~~Province~~]], [[Japan]]		\|birth= 22 December 1546<br>[[Himeji]], [[Harima]], [[Japan]]
	\|death= 20 March 1604 {{c\|aged 57}}<br>{{Wiki\|Iizuka, Fukuoka\|Iizuka}}, {{Wiki\|Chikuzen Province}}, Japan		\|death= 20 March 1604 {{c\|aged 57}}<br>{{Wiki\|Iizuka, Fukuoka\|Iizuka}}, {{Wiki\|Chikuzen Province}}, Japan
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	'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604), also known as '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' ~~during~~ the late [[Sengoku period]]. He served under [[Oda Nobunaga]] ~~until~~ his [[~~assassination~~]] ~~during~~ the [[~~Honnō-ji incident~~]], ~~after~~ which ~~point~~ Yoshitaka served ~~under~~ Nobunaga's ~~retainer~~ [[~~Toyotomi Hideyoshi~~]]. In 1582, ~~Kanbei~~ met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the [[~~samurai~~]] [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted at his [[~~Himeji Castle~~\|~~castle~~]] in [[~~Himeji~~]].<ref name="~~The Rengakai~~">''[[~~Assassin's Creed: Shadows~~]]~~'' –~~ [[~~The Rengakai~~]]</~~ref~~>		'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604),<ref name="Wiki">{{WP}}</ref> also known by his {{Wiki\|仮名 (通称)\|common name}}<ref name="JPWiki">{{WP\|ja:黒田孝高\|黒田孝高}}</ref> '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' who lived in the late [[Sengoku period]] and a {{Wiki\|ja:軍師\|master strategist}}<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Kuroda Yoshitaka]]</ref> ([[wikt:軍師\|軍師]], ''gunshi'')<ref name="JPWiki"/> that served each of Japan's {{Wiki\|:ja:三英傑\|three great unifiers}} (三英傑) in succession.

			Yoshitaka was born in [[Himeji]], [[Harima]] under the name Kodera Mankichi (小寺万吉) despite being of the {{Wiki\|Kuroda clan}}. Because his grandfather {{Wiki\|ja:黒田重隆\|Shigetaka}}<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="JPWiki"/> had dutifully served Harima's Deputy Governor (守護代, ''{{Wiki\|shugodai}}'')<ref name="MikiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Miki}}</ref> {{Wiki\|ja:小寺政職\|Kodera Masamoto}} in {{Wiki\|ja:御着城\|Gochaku Castle}},<ref name="Wiki"/><ref name="JPWiki"/> Masamoto appointed Shigetaka's son {{Wiki\|Kuroda Mototaka\|Mototaka}} as [[Himeji Castle]]'s {{Wiki\|castellan}} ({{Wiki\|ja:城代\|城代}}, ''jōdai''),<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田重隆\|黒田重隆}}</ref> and granted him permission to use the {{Wiki\|ja:小寺氏\|Kodera clan}} name after marrying {{Wiki\|ja:明石正風\|Akashi Masakaze}}'s daughter whom Masamoto had {{Wiki\|Japanese adult adoption\|adopted}}. Yoshitaka was the first child of this union.<ref name="Wiki"/> In 1567, he took over as the Kuroda head when Mototaka {{Wiki\|ja:隠居\|retired}},<ref name="Wiki"/> married {{Wiki\|ja:櫛橋伊定\|Kushihashi Koresada}}'s daughter {{Wiki\|Kushihashi Teru\|Teru}} whom Masamoto had also adopted,<ref>{{WP\|Kushihashi Teru}}</ref> and sired his son {{Wiki\|Kuroda Nagamasa\|Nagamasa}} the next year.

			By 1577 had entered the military as a [[samurai]] under [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s commander [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], who led the {{Wiki\|ja:中国攻め\|campaign}} in western {{Wiki\|Chūgoku region}} to break {{Wiki\|Mōri clan}} resistance to [[Oda clan]] rule.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[Database: The Invasion of the Chugoku Provinces]]</ref> In May 1578,<ref>{{WP\|ja:三木合戦\|三木合戦}}</ref> when Yoshitaka and the army marched west, Harima's ruling Governor (守護, ''{{Wiki\|shugo}}'') {{Wiki\|Akamatsu Norifusa}} surrendered the weak {{Wiki\|Akamatsu clan}}'s holdings, letting Hideyoshi take the region peacefully.

			Offended at his lord's submission to the low-born Hideyoshi, {{Wiki\|ja:別所吉親\|Bessho Yoshichika}} convinced his nephew [[Bessho Nagaharu\|Nagaharu]],<ref name="MikiSiege"/> one of Hideyoshi's generals,<ref>{{WP\|ja:中国攻め\|中国攻め}}</ref> to defect and ally the [[Bessho clan]] with the Mōri.<ref name="ChugokuInvasion"/> This dragged both<ref name="MikiSiege"/> of the Akamatsu's branch families ({{Wiki\|ja:庶家\|庶家}}, ''shoge'')<ref>{{WP\|ja:別所氏\|別所氏}}</ref> into open revolt, sparking the {{Wiki\|Siege of Miki}}.<ref name="MikiSiege"/> In October,<ref name="ItamiSiege">{{WP\|Siege of Itami (1579)}}</ref> in which Yoshitaka and {{Wiki\|Takenaka Shigeharu}} served as {{Wiki\|ja:両兵衛\|joint tacticians}}, he witnessed General {{Wiki\|Araki Murashige}} suddenly retreat and return to {{Wiki\|Itami Castle}} in [[Izumi Settsu\|Settsu]], hoping to also revolt against Nobunaga.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/>

			Yoshitaka rode for Itami and tried to sway Murashige against this action, but Murashige instead imprisoned him in the dungeon. Believing Yoshitaka's stay was voluntary,<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Nobunaga accused him of espionage and ordered Nagamasa's execution,<ref>{{WP\|Kuroda Nagamasa}}</ref> but Shigeharu secretly took him to {{Wiki\|Gifu Prefecture}} and hid him in the town {{Wiki\|Tarui, Gifu\|Tarui}} beneath {{Wiki\|ja:菩提山城\|Bodaiyama Castle}}, falsely reporting his death by substituting another man's head.<ref>{{WP\|ja:黒田長政\|黒田長政}}</ref>

			With Yoshitaka prisoner and expecting aid from the Mōri or the ''[[Ikkō-ikki]]'' who still fought the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]], Murashige prepared for a siege<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> from Nobunaga's eldest son {{Wiki\|Captain general}} ({{Wiki\|ja:総大将\|総大将}}, ''sō-daishō'')<ref name="JPItami">{{WP\|ja:有岡城の戦い\|有岡城の戦い}}</ref> {{Wiki\|Oda Nobutada\|Nobutada}} and younger brother {{Wiki\|Oda Nagamasu\|Nagamasu}}. In August 1579, seeing neither ally could help, Murashige slipped past Nobutada's lines and fled to [[Amagasaki Castle]], leaving Yoshitaka behind. With his leader abandoning them, Murashige's lieutenant Nakanishi Shinipachirō<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (中西新八郎)<ref name="JPItami"/> joined Nobutada on 15 October, letting {{Wiki\|Takigawa Kazumasu}}'s troops attack the nearby Jōrōzuka Fort<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> (上臈塚砦)<ref name="JPItami"/> before {{Wiki\|Coup de main\|swiftly}} taking the town {{Wiki\|Itami}} and razing it.<ref name="ItamiSiege"/> Yoshitaka's retainer {{Wiki\|ja:栗山利安\|Kuriyama Toshiyasu}} rescued him the next day,<ref name="JPItami"/> but his long imprisonment in a confined space<ref name="JPWiki"/> crippled his right leg for life.<ref name="Rengakai">''Assassin's Creed: Shadows'' – [[The Rengakai]]</ref>

			Following Nobunaga's [[assassination]] during [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]'s June 1582 [[Honnō-ji incident\|attack]] on [[Honnō-ji]], Yoshitaka joined Hideyoshi.<ref name="Wiki"/> Shortly after, he met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted in Himeji Castle.<ref name="Rengakai"/> By July, he helped Hideyoshi in the [[Battle of Yamazaki]] to avenge their lord.<ref name="Wiki"/>

			Over the next decade, despite his injury, Yoshitaka helped Hideyoshi secure victory at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Shizugatake}} in {{Wiki\|Honshu}}, his {{Wiki\|Kyūshū campaign\|campaign}} in [[Kyushu]], and the [[Imjin War]]'s initial stages<ref name="Database"/> in ultimately failed attempts to fight [[Joseon]] and [[Ming dynasty\|Ming]] forces to invade the [[Korea]]n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]].<ref>{{WP\|Imjin War}}</ref> It was during this time, in 1585, that the {{Wiki\|ja:キリシタン大名\|Christian ''daimyō''}} [[Takayama Ukon]] influenced him to convert to [[Christianity]], but when Hideyoshi {{Wiki\|Bateren Edict\|mandated}} in 1587 for Christians to {{Wiki\|Apostasy\|renounce}} their faith, Yoshitaka adopted the [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] name {{Wiki\|Joshua\|Josui}}<ref name="Database"/> (如水).<ref name="Wiki"/>

			After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, his {{Wiki\|Council of Five Elders}} began infighting for absolute power.<ref>{{WP\|Toyotomi Hideyoshi}}</ref> Yoshitaka sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], giving critical advice for the {{Wiki\|Sekigahara campaign}} and the decisive [[Battle of Sekigahara]] that defeated [[Ishida Mitsunari]] and allowed Ieyasu to establish the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. As a reward, Ieyasu granted Yoshitaka and Nagamasa with land and title over Honshu's {{Wiki\|Chikuzen Province}}, where they established the {{Wiki\|Fukuoka Domain}}.<ref name="Database"/>

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	'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604), also known as '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' during the late [[Sengoku period]]. He served under [[Oda Nobunaga]] until his [[assassination]] during the [[Honnō-ji incident]], after which point Yoshitaka served under Nobunaga's retainer [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In 1582, Kanbei met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted at his [[Himeji Castle\|castle]] in [[Himeji]].<ref name="The Rengakai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – The Rengakai</ref>		'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604), also known as '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' during the late [[Sengoku period]]. He served under [[Oda Nobunaga]] until his [[assassination]] during the [[Honnō-ji incident]], after which point Yoshitaka served under Nobunaga's retainer [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In 1582, Kanbei met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted at his [[Himeji Castle\|castle]] in [[Himeji]].<ref name="The Rengakai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Rengakai]]</ref>

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	'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604), also known as '''Kuroda Kanbei''' ((黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' during the late [[Sengoku period]]. He served under [[Oda Nobunaga]] until his [[assassination]] during the [[Honnō-ji incident]], after which point Yoshitaka served under Nobunaga's retainer [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In 1582, Kanbei met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted at his [[Himeji Castle\|castle]] in [[Himeji]].<ref name="The Rengakai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – The Rengakai</ref>		'''Kuroda Yoshitaka''' (黒田孝高; 1546 – 1604), also known as '''Kuroda Kanbei''' (黒田官兵衛), was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' during the late [[Sengoku period]]. He served under [[Oda Nobunaga]] until his [[assassination]] during the [[Honnō-ji incident]], after which point Yoshitaka served under Nobunaga's retainer [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. In 1582, Kanbei met the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Japanese Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]] during a ''{{Wiki\|renga}}kai'' (連歌会) hosted at his [[Himeji Castle\|castle]] in [[Himeji]].<ref name="The Rengakai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – The Rengakai</ref>

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