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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Powerful daimyo who unified Japan during the sixteenth century

Did you know?He rose from humble beginnings as a servant and sandal-bearer to become the most powerful man in the country.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣秀吉; Japanese pronunciation:, 16 February 1537 – 18 September 1598), otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō (木下藤吉郎) and Hashiba Hideyoshi (羽柴秀吉), was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods, regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.

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Age at death: 62
Years since death: 428

Born: February 2, 1536 · Nakamura-ku, Japan
Died: September 18, 1598
Nationality: Japanese
Known for: Politics, Military

Family

Father: Kinoshita Yaemon
Mother: Ōmandokoro
Spouses: En'yū-in, Getsukei'in, Himeji Dono, Hirosawa no Tsubone, Kai-hime, Kyōgoku Tatsuko, Kōnomae, Maa-hime, Minami Dono, Minami no Tsubone, Nene, Sanjō-dono
Children: Hashiba Hidekatsu, Toyotomi Hideyori, Toyotomi Tsurumatsu

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