History UsefulNotes / IshidaMitsunari

It was believed that some of the factors include how despite fighting for the Toyotomi dynasty, Mitsunari had a rather nasty streak that didn't endear him to other retainers, admonishing several people that fought alongside him in the Korean Campaign (which was already a disaster), and sending unfavourable reports about their conduct to Hideyoshi. This led him to do several drastic things to ensure the support of the people, some blackmail included. One that backfired spectacularly was the time he decided to gather support by taking their family members hostage. One of them happened to include the daughter of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide, Hosokawa Gracia. Despite her being the daughter of the traitor of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, that was still considered a dick move for Mitsunari and took away a lot of his popularity amongst the people, and even worse for him, Gracia arranged her own murder (she's Christian, so she could not commit Seppuku anymore as it went against her new faith). The Hosokawa clan leader and Gracia's husband, Tadaoki, was outraged at this; he formerly had plans to join Mitsunari, but after this, he signed up for Tokugawa instead.

It was believed that some of the factors include how despite fighting for the Toyotomi dynasty, Mitsunari had a rather nasty streak that didn't endear him to other retainers, admonishing several people that fought alongside him in the Korean Campaign (which was already a disaster). This led him to do several drastic things to ensure the support of the people, some blackmail included. One that backfired spectacularly was the time he decided to gather support by taking their family members hostage. One of them happened to include the daughter of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide, Hosokawa Gracia. Despite her being the daughter of the traitor of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, that was still considered a dick move for Mitsunari and took away a lot of his popularity amongst the people, and even worse for him, Gracia arranged her own murder (she's Christian, so she could not commit Seppuku anymore as it went against her new faith). The Hosokawa clan leader and Gracia's husband, Tadaoki, was outraged at this; he formerly had plans to join Mitsunari, but after this, he signed up for Tokugawa instead.

Ishida Mitsunari was a famous samurai from the Sengoku Period, and a loyal supporter of UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi.

* In ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'', Mistunari became a playable character from the second game onward. He's depicted as cold, sarcastic, yet doing what he thinks is right. He wields a giant folding fan and has a {{Kitsune}} motif, opposing Ieyasu's {{Tanuki}} motif. His consistent Japanese voice in this series is Creator/EijiTakemoto, shared with Shibata Katsuie.

It was believed that some of the factors include how despite fighting for the Toyotomi dynasty, Mitsunari had a rather nasty streak that didn't endear him to other retainers, admonishing several people that fought alongside him in the Korean Campaign (which was already a disaster). This led him to do several drastic things to ensure the support of the people, some blackmail included. One that backfired spectacularly was the time he decided to gather support by taking their family members hostage. One of them happened to include the daughter of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide, Hosokawa Gracia. Despite her being the daughter of the traitor of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, that was still considered a dick move for Mitsunari and took away a lot of his popularity amongst the people, and even worse for him, Gracia arranged her own murder (she's Christian, she could not commit Seppuku anymore since it went against her new faith). Hosokawa clan leader and Gracia's husband, Tadaoki, was outraged at this, he formerly had plans to join Mitsunari, but after this, he signed up for Tokugawa instead.

Fiction hasn't been kind to Mitsunari, as he's often depicted as a villain and a SmugSnake, usually opposed to a more or less heroic Ieyasu, though recent depictions have improved his image, and moreso during the decline of the Tokugawa shogunate, where he enjoyed a lot of positive portrayals alongside UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura and [[BrainsAndBrawn being the 'brain' of the Tokugawa opposition for Yukimura's 'brawn']] (although due to his jerkish attitude in history, [[BrainsEvilBrawnGood he's more likely to take the pragmatism route compared to Yukimura's honor-bound route]]). To contrast with Ieyasu's usual old man portrayal, Mitsunari fares better to the fairer folks, he's often portrayed as a {{Bishonen}} when they get him to be the heroic person. One of the items to distinguish Mitsunari from others is his helmet, which tends to be full of furs that looked like hairs in addition of the other normal apparels. We can only chalk down to 'personal taste' on why he would wear such thing, but it seemed to reinforce his portrayals as pretty boys by modern writers.

In 1600, Mistunari led the Western Army during the Battle of Sekigahara (though technically the leader was another feudal lord, Mouri Terumoto). Despite having more troops and initially gaining the upper hand, he was betrayed by some of his followers who sided with Ieyasu, and was defeated. Mitsunari managed to escape thanks to the HeroicSacrifice of his vassal and bodyguard Shima Sakon, but was eventually captured by the Tokugawa forces and executed.

Fiction hasn't been kind to Mitsunari, as he's often depicted as a villain and a SmugSnake, usually opposed to a more or less heroic Ieyasu, though recent depictions have improved his image, and moreso during the decline of the Tokugawa shogunate, where he enjoyed a lot of positive portrayals alongside UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura. To contrast with Ieyasu's usual old man portrayal, Mitsunari fares better to the fairer folks, he's often portrayed as a {{Bishonen}} when they get him to be the heroic person. One of the items to distinguish Mitsunari from others is his helmet, which tends to be full of furs that looked like hairs in addition of the other normal apparels. We can only chalk down to 'personal taste' on why he would wear such thing, but it seemed to reinforce his portrayals as pretty boys by modern writers.

The other big factor was the battle of Fushimi Castle. Mitsunari's forces, en route to Sekigahara, was stalled by a veteran Tokugawa general, Torii Mototada, who initiated a mighty last stand battle. Mitsunari was delayed for about 10 days, but he was victorious anyway. However, by the time he arrived to Sekigahara, Tokugawa has already amassed a majority of their forces, which led to the eventual betrayal despite the early upper hand. Had Mototada not delayed Mitsunari in those days, he might have held the upper hand or be victorious despite the betrayal (since the Tokugawa would be severely undermanned).

It was believed that some of the factors include how despite fighting for the Toyotomi dynasty, Mitsunari had a rather nasty streak that didn't endear him to other retainers, admonishing several people that fought alongside him in the Korean Campaign (which was already a disaster). This led him to do several drastic things to ensure the support of the people, some blackmail included. One that backfired spectacularly was the time he decided to gather support by taking their family members hostage. One of them happened to include the daughter of UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide, Hosokawa Gracia. Despite being the traitor of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, that was still considered a dick move by Mitsunari and took away a lot of his popularity amongst the people, and even worse for him, Gracia arranged her own murder (she's Christian, she could not commit Seppuku anymore since it went against her new faith). Hosokawa clan leader and Gracia's husband, Tadaoki, was outraged at this, he formerly had plans to join Mitsunari, but after this, he signed up for Tokugawa instead.