Wakita Naokata (脇田 直賢, 1585 – 1660), Korean name Kim Yŏ-ch'ŏl (Korean: 김여철; Hanja: 金如鉄); was a samurai from Joseon who served the Maeda clan in the early Edo period. He was one of the most successful samurai from Korea and was promoted to Commissioner of Kanazawa city.[1]
He was born in Hanseong, and his original name was Kim Yeo-cheol. He was the son of Kim Si-seong (金時省, 김시성), an official of Joseon government. In 1592, his father was killed during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). After Hanseong had been captured by Japanese army, Yeocheol was taken prisoner by the troop of Ukita Hideie.[1] He was brought to Nagoya castle, then Okayama.[1] He was raised by Hideie's wife Gō in Okayama. Next year, Gō went to Kanazawa and met her brother Maeda Toshinaga. Toshinaga's wife Eihime was so pleased with her attendant Yeolcheol that decided to raise him in Kanazawa.[2]
Gyokusen-en, the Japanese garden made by the Wakita clan
He was named Kyūbei and served Toshinaga as page who was given 230 koku.[1] In 1605, he was adopted by the Wakita family (retainer of the Maeda clan) through the good offices of Eihime. He changed his name to Wakita Naokata. He performed distinguished services in the siege of Osaka and was given 1000 koku as reward.[1] He was promoted smoothly in the Kaga domain. Finally, he became Kanazawa machi bugyo (金沢町奉行): the commissioner of Kanazawa city.[1]
Gyokusen-en, the Japanese garden in Kanazawa, was built by successive heads of the Wakita family from Naokata to the fourth head, Kyubei. The name of the garden was taken from the benefactor of Naokata: Eihime.[2] She became a Buddhist nun and took the name Gyokusen-in in 1614. It is said that Naokata was a kakure kirishitan. He erected a stone lantern with the Virgin Mary engraved on it in Gyokusen-en.[3] In his later years, he became a Buddhist priest and changed his name to Jotetsu (如鉄), using the same Chinese characters of his original name.[1]
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