Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1537–1598 · unifier of Japan · Japan
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō and Hashiba Hideyoshi, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the late Sengoku and Azuchi–Momoyama periods, regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. He rose to the rank and title of kampaku and daijō-daijin, the highest offices at the imperial court. He was the first commoner to become kampaku. He then passed the position and title of kampaku to his nephew, Toyotomi Hidetsugu. He remained in power as Taikō (太閤), the title of a retired kampaku, until his death.
Read more on WikipediaThe world around them · Kyoto, 1590s
- Who governs
- Hideyoshi rules through the great lords. Peasants were disarmed in the sword hunt of 1588.
- Everyday life
- Farmers are tied to their fields by the land survey, and Kyoto is enclosed by new earthen walls.
- Arts and ideas
- Gold-leaf screens by the Kanō painters, and the quiet, plain tea of Rikyū.
- Meanwhile
- In England, Elizabeth I has just beaten the Armada. In 1592 Hideyoshi sends his armies into Korea.
Their life in their time
- 1537
- 157336 years old
- 158245 years oldThe Honnō-ji incident
- 159154 years oldSen no Rikyū is ordered to diegave the order
- 159861 years oldDies
Connected to
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Sen no Rikyū · tea master and lord
1582 Rikyū was Hideyoshi's tea master and one of his closest confidants, until Hideyoshi ordered him to take his own life in 1591.
Source: wikipedia:Sen_no_Rikyū - ON
Oda Nobunaga · retainer and lord
1582 Hideyoshi rose from a peasant background as Nobunaga's retainer. When Nobunaga was killed in 1582, he avenged him at the Battle of Yamazaki and took his place.
Source: wikipedia:Toyotomi_Hideyoshi - TI
Tokugawa Ieyasu · rivals
1584 Ieyasu fought Hideyoshi in 1584, then served him until Hideyoshi's death in 1598, after which he took power.
Source: wikipedia:Tokugawa_Ieyasu
