Kato Kiyomasa
October 5, 2009
Kato Kiyomasa was a name I hadn't heard before I went to Kumamoto. I wish I had known of him earlier because I became a big fan of his after reading a little about him.
Not only did he build one of the most-fortified castles in Kumamoto Castle, but more impressively to me, he built an irrigation channel in a river that filtered the silt from the Aso volcanoes - hanagurri-ide.
I took the above picture when in Kikuyoumachi in Kumamoto. The bottom graphic was taken from here. And there is an English version here.
2 complaints:
I like his hat! where can I get one? ^^
I think you can get them in the same stores where you can get religious clothes.
Kato Kiyomasa was a devout Buddhist, so maybe that was something monks used to wear.
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