List of Famous people named Ishikawa
Ishikawa Goemon
Ishikawa Goemon was a legendary Japanese outlaw hero who stole gold and other valuables to give to the poor. He and his son were boiled alive in public after their failed assassination attempt on the Sengoku period warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His legend lives on in contemporary Japanese popular culture, often giving him greatly exaggerated ninja skills.
Ishikawa Kazumasa
Ishikawa Kazumasa was a Japanese notable retainer under Tokugawa Ieyasu, who served him since childhood, when they were both hostages under the Imagawa.
Ishikawa Akimitsu
Ishikawa Akimitsu , also known as Jirō (次郎) or by his court title, Yamato no Kami (大和守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period. He served the Date clan of Sendai han during the tenure of its lord Masamune. Akimitsu was born in 1550, the fourth son of Date Harumune. His siblings included Rusu Masakage and Date Terumune, Masamune's father. After the destruction of the Ashina clan in Tenshō 17 (1589), he came under Masamune's command. In Masamune's service, Akimitsu was acknowledged as chief among the heads of the Date clan's cadet branches, or ichimon-hittō (一門衆筆頭). He served in the Korean campaign, as well as the Osaka campaign.