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.

Newly discovered historical documents suggest that feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), who unified Japan, might have desired and actively sought recognition for his accomplishments.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

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

At the opening of “The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl: Transmitting a Secret Art Across Generations of the Raku Family” at The National Museum of Modern Art, in Kyoto, the current head of the Raku family, ...

The Samurai. Meet Toyotomi Hideyoshi and learn about this leader's attributes in this latest Civilization 7 trailer for the ...