Toyotomi Hideyoshi ~ the man who achieved national unification ~

In 1582, Oda Nobunaga was assassinated by his liege Akechi Mitsuhide at Honno-ji temple. As soon as Toyotomi Hideyoshi heard that news, he went hurriedly back and revenged his load's death on Mitsuhide.
In behalf of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi aimed for national unification.



a image of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

 Contribution

  Toyotomi HIdeyoshi (A.D.1536 - 1598) was a one of generals and politicians of the Sengoku period. He had climbed from farmer class to the top of Japan. In 1590, he conquered the whole countries. There are a lot of anecdotes (stories) about him.
  Toyotomi Hideyoshi contributed to two big things. One was that he brought the end of world which took for granted fighting with weapon and person's death. Other was that he attempted to make a new feudal system. To achieve the former, he conquered the countries which were against him. To achieve the latter, he surveyed the land that people owned on a whole nation scale, which was called "Taikou Kenchi" in Japanese. This survey made the individual land clear. So the result of this survey led to the political system of the Edo period.

Secrets & Anecdotes

  There are many secrets and anecdotes about Toyotomi Hideyoshi. So I introduced you 2 stories.
  When he wasn't a liege of Oda Nobunaga and it was snowy and cold, the geta (a pair of Japanese wooden shoes) Nobunaga put on was warming. Nobunaga asked Hideyoshi the reason. Hideyoshi replied that he put the geta his back and warmed up it. Nobunaga was impressed by his behavior. After that Hideyoshi became a liege of Nobunaga.
  HIdeyoshi was known as a loyal liege of Nobunaga. But he estimated that Nobunaga was a brave general, was not a good general.