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| | Katô Kiyomasa |
 | | Though often described as a boyhood friend of Hideyoshi, this is unlikely, given the age difference between the men. |
 | | Kiyomasa passed on in 1611, and it is often speculated that Tokugawa Ieyasu arranged his death. |
 | | At the same time, a disease-the 'Chinese pox', as it was called-was making the rounds, and had already claimed a number of well-known lords (such as Honda Masanobu and Kuroda Kanbei). |
| www.samurai-archives.com /kiyomasa.html (780 words) |
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