Hideyoshi Toyotomi(1536-1598)

Do you know Hideyoshi Toyotomi? Do you know he was called Saru, monkey in Japanese? Because he looked like a monkey. He constructed Fushimi Castle as his retreat in 1592-1594 and he made golden tea ceremony room in it. He brought the end of the Warring States period, indeed. But he was also a hideous person. In 1591 he ordered Sen no Rikyu, a great tea master, to commit Harakiri. It was because Sen no Rikyu looked down on him. In 1591 and 1597 he tried to invade Korea and China. He ordered his soldiers to send noses, which they cut off from Korean people, back to Japan. To TOP