Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Japan: Taking Control of the State

A statue of a warrior in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, commemorating the Battle of Shizugatake, where Hideyoshi defeated Shibata Katsuie. (© Photo Library)

The Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument in Nagasaki, commemorating those executed in 1597. (© Pixta)

The daimyō Katō Kiyomasa depicted traveling to Korea as part of the military campaigns. (© Aflo)

A portrait of Sen no Rikyū by Hasegawa Tōhaku. (© Aflo)