page_title: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
section_title: Children
hierarchical_section_title: Toyotomi Hideyoshi / Family / Children
context_page_description: Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a Japanese daimyō and politician of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.
  Hideyoshi rose from a peasant background as a retainer of the prominent lord Oda Nobunaga to become one of the most powerful men in Japan. Hideyoshi succeeded Nobunaga after the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582 and continued Nobunaga's campaign to unite Japan that led to the closing of the Sengoku period. Hideyoshi became the de facto leader of Japan and acquired the prestigious positions of Chancellor of the Realm and Imperial Regent by the mid-1580s. Hideyoshi launched the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 to initial success, but eventual military stalemate damaged his prestige before his death in 1598. Hideyoshi's young son and successor Toyotomi Hideyori was displaced by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 which would lead to the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
  Hideyoshi's rule covers most of the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japan, partially named after his castle, Momoyama Castle.
context_section_description: Hashiba Hidekatsu (Ishimatsumaru) (1570–1576) by Minami-dono
  daughter
  Toyotomi Tsurumatsu (1589–1591) by Yodo-dono
  Toyotomi Hideyori by Yodo-dono
caption: Tsurumatsu
exif: {}