Hongo Tadatora

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Hongō Tadatora (北郷忠虎, Hongō Tadatora^?) (1556-1594) was a retainer beneath the clan of Shimazu throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan and son to Hongo Tokihisa, another respective vassal to the former. By the year of 1573, Tadatora and his father had repulsed an attack declared by the Shimotsuki family, forthwith holding Kunamoto castle of Higo Province out of probable consequence to their success. Following such an incident, Tadatora went on to support the Shimazu in each of their conflicts against the rivaling Ryuzoji and Otomo forces, also securing for himself a representing title by taking part in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1st Korean Campaign of 1593. Tadatora died in Korea, at Karashima island (modern-day Kadok-do).