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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1536 - 1598

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉, 27 March 1537 – 18 September 1598), otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō (木下 藤吉郎) and Hashiba Hideyoshi (羽柴 秀吉), was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. Although he came from a peasant background, his immense power earned him the rank and title of Kampaku (関白, Imperial Regent) and Daijō-daijin (太政大臣, Chancellor of the Realm), the highest official position and title in the nobility class. He was the first person in history to become a Kampaku who was not born a noble. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toyotomi Hideyoshi has received more than 5,300,397 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Toyotomi Hideyoshi is the 384th most popular politician (up from 421st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Japan (up from 15th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Politician.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a Japanese samurai and politician of the Sengoku period who is most famous for his conquest of Korea, his unsuccessful invasion of Ming China, and his role in the unification of Japan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 384 out of 19,576. Before him are Cnut the Great, Ögedei Khan, Frederick III, German Emperor, Taejo of Joseon, Henry VII of England, and Nerva. After him are Abdulmejid I, Edward III of England, Barack Obama, Hatice Sultan, Henry the Fowler, and Georges Pompidou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement VIII. After him are Yi I, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Piotr Skarga, Ignazio Danti, Lucia Anguissola, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Leonardo Donato, and Balthasar Russow. Among people deceased in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 2. Before him is Philip II of Spain. After him are Feodor I of Russia, Yi Sun-sin, Abraham Ortelius, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Abdullah Khan II, Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, and Paolo Boi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 14 out of 6,245. Before him are Oda Nobunaga (1534), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), Yukio Mishima (1925), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), and Naruhito (1960). After him are Emperor Taishō (1879), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Yoko Ono (1933), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Osamu Dazai (1909), and Murasaki Shikibu (973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 3. Before him are Hirohito (1901), and Emperor Meiji (1852). After him are Emperor Jimmu (-711), Shinzō Abe (1954), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), and Takeda Shingen (1521).

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