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TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉
(1536-1598)


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sculpture of Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Hôkoku-jinja shrine / Kyôto City

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, born as a son of a farmer in the Province of Owari (Aichi Prefecture), succeeded Oda Nobunaga who was attacked to death in 1582 and unified the whole country. Ôsaka-jô, the magnificient castle in Ôsaka, built by some 60,000 laborers in only two and a half years, became his new home and is symbolic of the one-time glory of Hideyoshi.


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Ôsaka-jô castle / main tower
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Ôsaka-jô / moat + main tower - Ôsaka City
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poster with Hideyoshi, lord of the castle
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sculpture / Hôkoku-jinja shrine - Kyôto  (2)
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sculpture / Hôkoku-jinja shrine - Kyôto  (3)
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Odawara-jô castle - Odawara City
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
mask - Hideyoshi image
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
sculpture - Momoyama-jô
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
armour - Momoyama-jô
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sculpture - Momoyama-jô  (2)
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Yodo-Gimi = Hideyoshi's wife - festival of the ages
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Yodo-Gimi  (2)
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grave in Hôkoku mausoleum - Kyôto City
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
grave in Hôkoku mausoleum - Kyôto  (2)
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
grave in Hôkoku mausoleum - Kyôto  (3)
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