A. Hideyoshi's father a "foot-soldier" (ashigaru)

         B. vassal of Oda Nobunaga's father

         C. family name was originally Kinoshita

         D. 1573 Nobunaga made Hideyoshi daimyo of domains in Omi

    II. Rise to Power

         A. 1582 Nobunaga assassinated at the Honnoji temple

         B. Hideyoshi assumed role of "Great Avenger"

         C. Military Consolidation

              1. Kansai area unified first

              2. Kyushu Campaign (1587)

                  a. Shimazu (Satsuma) daimyo subjugated

                  b. Nagasaki placed under Hideyoshi's control

                       i. Omura Sumitada, Christian daimyo

                       ii. allowed Jesuit control of Nagasaki

              3. Kanto Campaign (1590-91)

         D. Bases of Operation: Osaka, Nagoya, Fushimi

         E. "Korean" Invasions (1592-93, 1597-98)

             1. Ming dynasty China the real goal

             2. invasions were not completely unsuccessful

             3. terminated with Hideyoshi's death in 1598

              4. often attributed to megalomania

     III. Policies

          A. kenchi "land surveys" 

               1. begun by Nobunaga

               2. allowed more efficient exploitation of land

               3. effective instrument of political control

          B. katana gari "sword hunts"

               1. begun in 1588, after Kyushu victories

               2. prevented armed rebellions

               3. separated peasantry from samurai

          C. Census of 1590

               1. heino bunri "division of samurai from peasants"

               2. effective instrument of political control

          D. Relations with Vassals & Throne

                1. 1587 Outdoor Tea Ceremony at Kitano Shrine, Kyoto (near Kinkakuji)

                 2. May 1588 Hosted Emperor Go-Yozei at the Jurakudai

                 3. Accepted imperial titles, kampaku (regent), taiko (retired regent)                 

          E. Relations with Christians

               1. Early sympathy, like Nobunaga

               2. San Filipe Incident of 1596

                    a. Spanish vessel, San Filipe, wrecked on Japanese coast

                    b. bickering between Jesuits and Franciscans

                    c. rumors of Spanish ambitions in the region (Philippines)

                    d. Hideyoshi ordered the crucifixion of 26 Christians in Nagasaki

                3. Anti-Christian Edicts

                     a. July 23, 1587 "Edict Prohibiting Forced Conversions"

                          i. Christianity denouced

                          ii. declared more subversive than any Buddhist threat

                     b. July 24, 1587 "Edict of Expulsion"

                          i. presented to Jesuit missionaries

                          ii. opened with statement, "Japan is the land of kami"

                          iii. though not enforced, foreshadowed coming persecution

     IV. Aftermath

           A. Problem of Succession

                1. Death of his son, Tsurumatsu (1591)

                2. Early designation of nephew, Hidetsugu

                      a. Hidetsugu given title kampaku 

                      b. Hidetsugu given Jurakudai, Hideyoshi built Fushimi Castle

                 3. 1592 Another son, Hideyori, born

                       a. Fearing Hidetsugu, Hideyoshi had him commit seppuku (1595)

                       b. Council of Five Elders (Gotairo) appointed as regents
  
                 4. Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Battle of Sekigahara (1600)