Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“This war happened because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi‘s death”(Samurai-Archives.com). They didn't have to go to war if they had just signed an agreement to rule together like how one would rule the north and one would rule the south. They didn't have to fight and kill thousands of people because…

Himeji-jo, or Himeji Castle, is a famous castle located in Himeji City of the Hyogo prefecture in Japan. It is considered to be one of the most well known pieces of architecture because of its unscathed appearance and well developed structure. Himeji-jo has a rich history of how it was constructed, which was initially built as a small fort by Akamatsu Norimura, along with surviving numerous battles against warring clans in Japan, bombardments from US planes, and hundreds of years of wear and…

main beneficiary of the achievements of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Already powerful, Ieyasu profited by his transfer to the rich Kantō area. He maintained two million koku of land, a new headquarters at Edo, a strategically situated castle town (the future Tokyo), and also had an additional two million koku of land and thirty-eight vassals under his control. After Hideyoshi's death, Ieyasu moved quickly to seize control from the Toyotomi family. Ieyasu's victory over the western…

family and became a military leader. He allied himself with two senior leaders firstly with Oda Nobunaga and later on with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1600 Ieyasu became known as the most powerful feudal lord in the country and defeated his biggest rival for power, Ishida Mitsunari at the battle of Sekigahara. He then also got control of the political alliances put together by Hideyoshi. In 1603 Ieyasu was made shogun by the emperor. When Ieyasu became…

wet to make designs. The people of Japan made their tools and weapons out of iron and their ceremonial objects out of bronze. The 3 Leaders of Japan In the 16th century there were 3 leaders of Japan. Their names were Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa. The Tokugawa shogunate…

daimyos to propagate into the society due to lack of cohesion within the country. Most of the emperors led their followers to the faith that they wanted. For instance, Emperor Nobunanga had welcomed the seminaries to his community as other like Toyotomi Hideyoshi still practiced Buddhism and Confucianism. At the same time japan had no stable national leadership; hence, when the Shogunates rose to power, they first formulated policies to solidify the state and by that international relationship…

Trade with the outside world was very important to Japan after the Portuguese first made contact. Portuguese ships helped Japanese trade by bringing Indonesian spices from Malacca to Macao, which would be sold in China, they would then buy Chinese silks and gold, they would then leave and go from Macao to harbours in the south of Japan (first Hirado and then Nagasaki), they would sell these products, use the money to buy Japanese silver, which they would then sell in Macao, and finally buy silk…

Horio Yoshiharu was a daimyo during the Edo period in Japan, But in a vassal’s family, in 1542, was when his life story truly began. His father was a member of the Iwakura Oda clan, Until their defeat by Oda Nobunaga, which was not part of the plan. Now a wandering samurai without a master during the chaotic Age of Warring States, Yoshiharu’s father left his family with an uncertain fate. But during this time, Yoshiharu developed an inner strength, and a sense of peace: Qualities that helped…

Honda Tadakatsu was born on March 17, 1548 and died on December 3, 1610. He is also known as Honda Heihachirō. Honda Tadakatsu was a Japanese general, who later became a famous shogun and daimyo. He was also one of the Four Heavenly Kings who severed Tokugawa. He was known as the warrior who surpasses death because he fought in 100 battles and was never defeated by another samurai. Honda Tadakatsu wore a helmet with deer antlers and carried a special sword called the Dragonfly Cutter. If a…

Their method of domestic control consisted of the Toyotomi assigning the lands as fiefs and giving them to local daimyos. Japan had a military dictatorship. Japan’s relationship with other nations was good at first. Japan had welcomed missionaries and the Portuguese to their ports and they traded but then…