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(1542 – November 17, 1600) was a naval commander during Japan's Sengoku period, under Oda Nobunaga, and later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was also the ninth headmaster of the Kuki family's school of martial arts, Kukishin-ryū.
In 1575, Kuki seized Shima Province, and served in the navy of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, earning a stipend of 35,000 koku. He was called a pirate daimyo by the military records of the Edo period. Later, he fought for the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara and committed suicide on the island of Tajima after being defeated.
In 1574, his aid ensured a victory for Oda Nobunaga in his third attempt to attack the Nagashima fortress. (2026). 9781854095237, Cassell & C0. ISBN 9781854095237
In 1575, Nobunaga allowed Yoshitaka to seize Shima Province, forcing out other maritime clans, such the Mukai clan.
In 1576, he was defeated at Kizugawaguchi by the Mōri clan fleet, but in 1578, he won in the second Battle of Kizugawaguchi, in which Kuki used iron-armored ships, Atakebune, to repel the arrows and musket balls of the opposing Mōri clan's ships.
In 1584, Yoshitaka along with Takigawa Kazumasu besieged Kanie castle, in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign to consolidate his power over the lands held by the Oda clan in Owari province.
In 1587, he led Toyotomi Hideyoshi's fleet in a campaign in Kyūshū, alongside Konishi Yukinaga, Wakizaka Yasuharu and Katō Yoshiaki.
In 1590, along with Wakizaka Yasuharu and Kato Yoshiaki, he went on to lead the Siege of Shimoda in the Odawara campaign.
He continued in his role as commander of Hideyoshi's fleet, launching an invasion of Korea in 1592 from his flagship Nipponmaru, but he was severely defeated in the Battle of Myeongryang in 1597.
However, after the Battle of Sekigahara ended with a victory for the Eastern Army, Yoshitaka fled to Toshima Island and, at the urging of his vassal Toyoda Goroemon, committed suicide on November 17.
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