In June 1582, Oda Nobunaga appeared to be on the brink of unifying Japan when he was betrayed by his deputy Akechi Mitsuhide and forced to commit suicide at the temple of Honnōji near Kyoto. Another ...

A document sent by samurai Toyotomi (then Hashiba) Hideyoshi just prior to learning of the death of his master, warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), has been discovered and purchased on an auction site. ...

Newly discovered historical documents suggest that feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), who unified Japan, might have desired and actively sought recognition for his accomplishments. About ...

On April 20, 1598, Japan’s ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a cherry blossom party at the Kyoto temple Daigoji. He invited more than 1,300 women to this spectacular event, including his principal wife ...

The chief priest of Omiya Shrine talks about Japan's largest wooden statue of 16th century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which was recently found, at Omiya Shrine in Osaka's Asahi Ward in May 2020.

A statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the 16th-century warlord who unified Japan and launched the Japanese invasions of Korea, was found with its head broken off in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The discovery ...

A trove of 33 letters from 16th century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (c.1537-1598) to his chief retainer have been discovered, the Historiographical Institute at the University of Tokyo and the Hyogo ...

Japan, at last, was one — unified, united; no longer a splintered welter of "warring states" but an embryonic nation. The year, if it is to be pinned down to one, is 1590; the unifier, if one alone is ...