Mizuno Katsushige

Mizuno Katsunari
水野 勝成
Silk painting depicting Mizuno Katsunari[1]
Daimyo of Kariya Domain
In office 1600–1615
Succeeded by	Mizuno Tadakiyo
Daimyo of Fukuyama Domain
In office 1619–1639
Succeeded by	Mizuno Katsutoshi
Daimyo of Kōriyama Domain
In office 1615–1619
Succeeded by	Matsudaira Tadaaki
Personal details
Born	September 20, 1564 Okazaki, Aichi
Died	May 4, 1651 Kenchu-ji Temple, Fukuyama Domain
Relations	Mizuno Tadashige (father) Mizuno Katsutoshi (son)
Nickname(s)	Rin-kai-fuki Oni-Hyūga
Military service
Allegiance	Mizuno Tadashige (Tokugawa clan→Oda Nobukatsu) → Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Sengoku Hidehisa → Sassa Narimasa → Kuroda Yoshitaka → Konishi Yukinaga → Katō Kiyomasa → Tachibana Muneshige) → ? → Mōri clan (Mimura Chikanari) → Tokugawa clan (Tokugawa Ieyasu → Tokugawa Hidetada → Tokugawa Iemitsu)
Unit	Mizuno clan
Battles/wars	Siege of Takatenjin (1581) Battle of Tenmokuzan Tenshō-Jingo War Battle of Wakamiko Battle of Kurokoma Tokugawa-Toyotomi conflict (1584) Siege of Hoshizaki Castle Battle of Hakusanmori Battle of Nagakute Siege of Kanie Castle Invasion of Shikoku (1585) Kumabe Chikanaga Rebellion Amakusa five clan's Rebellion Kyūshū campaign Sekigahara campaign Battle of Sone castle Siege of Ōgaki Castle Campaign against Toyotomi Hideyori Battle of Dōmyōji Battle of Tennōji Shimabara Rebellion

Mizuno Katsunari (水野 勝成) (1564–1651), also known as Mizuno Rokuzaemon (水野 六左衛門), was a Rōnin, and a Japanese samurai daimyō of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods.^[2] Mizuno Katsushige was known for his participations in battles against Takeda clan, Tenshō-Jingo War, Kyūshū campaign Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Battle of Sekigahara, Siege of Osaka, and Shimabara Rebellion.

During his life, Katsunari often changed his allegiance. However, in the end he returned to serve his original lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and continued his service to the Tokugawa shogunate for 3 generations until Tokugawa Iemitsu. Katsunari tendency to change his allegiance quite often has garnered him a nickname Rin kai fuki (倫魁不羈), which etymologically means "too awesome to serve (only) one lord". Katsunari died on May 4, 1651.

His court title was Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守). It was said that since Akechi Mitsuhide, no one want the title of Hyūga no Kami until Katsunari, as Katsunari stated that he does not care about Mitsuhide's bad reputation as traitor and not afraid about bad omen of the title. Since then, Katsunari got a nickname Hyūga Demon (鬼日向).^[3] Katsunari's tales of journeys during his life and for his friendship with the legendary Rōnin Miyamoto Musashi has produced many anecdotes about him.