Amakusa Shirō - Citizendia

In this Japanese name, the family name is Amakusa. in modern times usually consist of a Family name ( Surname) followed by a Given name. A family name or last name is a type of Surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs

Statue of Amakusa Shiro at Hara castle

Amakusa Shirō (天草四郎, Amakusa Shirō^? c. 1621? - April 12, 1638) also known as Masuda Shirō Tokisada (益田時貞, Masuda Shirō Tokisada^?) was a leader of the Shimabara Rebellion. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The was an uprising largely involving Japanese Peasants, most of them Christians, in 1637–1638 during the Edo period. The son of former Konishi clan retainer Masuda Jinbei (益田甚兵衛, Masuda Jinbei^?), Shiro was born in modern-day Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto and touted by the leaders of the Shimabara Uprising as the "Fourth Son of Heaven," foretold by the Jesuit missionary, Saint Francis Xavier, to be destined to lead the Christianization of Japan. is a city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on March 31, 2004, by merging the three cities Himedo, Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco Shiro led the defence of Hara Castle and died when it fell. is a castle in Hizen Province. During the Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638 the rebellious peasants were besieged there His head was displayed on a pike in Nagasaki for a very long time afterward as a warning to any other potential Christian rebels.

His death poem was: "Ima rōjō shiteiru mono wa, raise made tomo to naru. " ("Now, those who accompany me in being besieged in this castle, will be my friends until the next world. ")

According to some sources, Shiro may have been the illegitimate son of Toyotomi Hideyori. Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣秀頼 Toyotomi Hideyori) 1593 - June 5, 1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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