TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi

(1537 - 1598)

Quick Facts

• shogun

• born in present-day Nakamura-ku, Nagoya

• son of peasant foot soldier

• favorite page of ODA Nobunaga

• patron of SEN no Rikyu

• second of the three great unifiers (the first being ODA Nobunaga and the third being TOKUGAWA Ieyasu)

• first to attempt expansion beyond Japan's borders

Relevant Class Works

• Rikyu

External Links

1. "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" at Wikipedia.