toyotomi

I think it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi who said something like, the law is not obligated to logic, but it still must be followed.

After unifying Japan in 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not become Shogun because he was born a peasant.

There's three great unifiers from the Sengoku era - Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The first ship known to follow this convention was the Nippon Maru, flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet.

It's kind of staggering to look at the characters on a page and imagine Toyotomi shaping them individually with his brush.

Christianity had started to spread to Japan by 1600 from the Portugese, but after Hideyoshi Toyotomi unified Japan, he made Christianity illegal.

Without the Ming army to fight Toyotomi would not have been under significant strain.

On this floor are many of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's personal effects, including articles of his samurai armor and letters he sent to or received from others.

Great point about Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attempt to conquer Korean and China!

I find it odd that Yasuke would be a Samurai, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three unifiers and a general under Nobunaga, was not.

On top of this, the Toyotomi army was never blockaded on the peninsula; Yi's actions significantly disrupted the sea lines of communication but never truly cut or controlled them.

I'm seriously starting to understand Toyotomi Hideyoshi's feelings...

After the "sword hunt" initiated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, wearing a sword became a status symbol because only the samurai class could have swords.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, de facto ruler of Japan, needed to prevent disturbances by unemployed samurais and result was invasion of Korea.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi had his men divert rivers and build dams so he could flush the enemy out of their castle.

When the government failed to take Toyotomi's lesson and refused, he revolted instead and found an end for the samurai at Shiroyama.