Ōtomo Yoshishige

Ōtomo Yoshishige (大友 宗麟; 1530 – 1587), also known as Ōtomo Sōrin, was a Japanese daimyō from the island of Kyushu. He was one of the warlords who converted to Christianity following contact with the Jesuits.Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 3: Portuguese Missionaries in Japan In 1587, Yoshishige, seeing his clan losing battles to the Shimazu clan, asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi to intervene, leading to Hideyoshi's to bring it under his control alongside the islands of and .
==Appearances==
*Echoes of History 
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