Shimizu Muneharu

[1] He served the Mōri clan (one of the powerful clans in Bitchu Province) as a retainer to Kobayakawa Takakage and took part in the expedition to unify the Chūgoku region.

Muneharu resisted Hideyoshi, locking himself in Bitchu Takamatsu Castle.

[1] In June, during the flooding, Nobunaga died in the Incident at Honnōji in Kyoto.

Having heard about Nobunaga's death, Hideyoshi made peace overtures on the condition that Muneharu commit seppuku (suicide).

[2] Shimizu's grave is at Seikyō-ji, Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture.