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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1536 - 1598

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉, 17 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 period 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 Kanpaku who was not born a noble. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toyotomi Hideyoshi has received more than 4,334,886 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Toyotomi Hideyoshi is the 421st most popular politician (down from 395th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Japan (down from 14th 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 421 out of 15,577Before him are Severus Alexander, Albert II of Belgium, Henry the Fowler, Charles I of England, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, and Jeongjo of Joseon. After him are Rurik, Goliath, Eduard Shevardnadze, Shivaji, Sigismund III Vasa, and Idi Amin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 2Before him is Pope Clement VIII. After him are Yi I, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Piotr Skarga, Lord Guildford Dudley, Leonardo Donato, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Lucia Anguissola, and Ignazio Danti. Among people deceased in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 2Before 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, Paolo Boi, and Henri Estienne.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 15 out of 6,048Before him are Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yukio Mishima (1925), Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), and Naruhito (1960). After him are Murasaki Shikibu (973), Isoroku Yamamoto (1884), Emperor Taishō (1879), Osamu Dazai (1909), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), and Emperor Jimmu (-711).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ranks 3Before him are Hirohito (1901) and Emperor Meiji (1852). After him are Emperor Jimmu (-711), Hideki Tojo (1884), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Lee Myung-bak (1941), Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771).