Tagawa Matsu
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Tagawa Matsu or Weng-shi, was the Japanese mother of Southern Ming general Zheng Chenggong, who is better known internationally as Koxinga. She was a daughter of Tagawa Shichizaemon, a vassal samurai
Tagawa Matsu and young Koxinga (Koxinga Ancestral Shrine, Tainan, Taiwan)
Koxinga
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Zheng Chenggong, also romanized in Taiwan as Cheng Cheng-kung, born Zheng Sen and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga, was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conques
Tagawa Matsu
…Tagawa Matsu (田川マツ; 1601–1647) or Weng-shi (翁氏), was the Japanese mother of Southern Ming general Zheng Chenggong, who is better known internationally as Koxinga. She was a daughter of Tagawa Shichizaemon (田川七左衛門), a vassal samurai of Hirado Domain, but later became…
The Portrait of Koxinga, mid-17th century
Zheng Chenggong statue in Xiamen, Fujian, China. The granite statue is 15.7 m tall and weighs 1617 tons.
Extent of territory held by Koxinga (red), sphere of influence (pink) during his 1655-1659 campaigns
Image of Koxinga Temple in Tainan