biography
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Hideyoshi, Toyotomi
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pronunciation:
[hideyoshee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1536–98)
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| biography:
| The second of the three great historical unifiers of Japan, between Nobunaga and Ieyasu Tokugawa, sometimes called ‘the Napoleon of Japan’. Unusually, he was of peasant origin, an ordinary soldier who rose to become Nobunaga's foremost general. Between Nobunaga's death (1582) and 1590 he established his overlordship of Japan, being appointed regent in 1585. His law forbade all except samurai to carry swords (1588), and he banned Christianity for political reasons (1597). His armies invaded Korea (1592–8), but withdrew after his death at Fushimi Castle, Kyoto. |
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