Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Epic card · No. 14202

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉; Japanese pronunciation: [tò̞.jó̞.tó̞.mʲí | çì.dé̞.jò̞.ɕì, -mʲí çí-, -jó̞.ɕí]; March 17, 1537 – September 18, 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. He rose to the rank and title of kampaku (関白, Imperial Regent) and daijō-daijin (太政大臣, Chancellor of the Realm), the highest offices at the imperial court. He was the first commoner to become kampaku. He then passed the position and title of kampaku to his nephew, Toyotomi Hidetsugu. He remained in power as Taikō (太閤), the title of a retired kampaku, until his death. Hideyoshi rose from a peasant background as a retainer of the prominent lord Oda Nobunaga to become one of the most powerful men in Japanese history. He distinguished himself in many of Nobunaga's campaigns. After Nobunaga was killed in the Honnō-ji incident in 1582...

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