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Toyotomi Hidenaga

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1540–1591 Also known as Toyotomi Hidenaga、Hashiba Hidenaga、Kinoshita Hidenaga

Toyotomi Hidenaga was a Sengoku daimyō, half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and long-serving core administrator and military commander of Hideyoshi's…

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  1. 1555–1572Owari Province · Tōkai regionHidenaga was Hideyoshi's half-brother; in his youth he followed Hideyoshi in service to Oda Nobunaga, taking part in campaigns against the Imagawa and Azai, distinguishing himself at Anegawa and Nagashino, and gradually becoming Hideyoshi's most trusted family general and administrative aide.
  2. 1573–1580Yamato Province (Koriyama) · Yamato ProvinceIn 1573 Hidenaga was granted Yamato Province, governing Kinki from Koriyama Castle. He thereafter helped Hideyoshi subdue the powerful families of Kii and Settsu, and after Nobunaga's death stabilized the capital region, providing a rear base and troops for the Toyotomi regime's unification of Kinki.
  3. 1581–1591Osaka · KinkiIn the 1580s Hidenaga directed the Shikoku and Kii campaigns and served as the Toyotomi regime's effective deputy, managing affairs and military supplies in Osaka and Kyoto. He guarded the rear during the Odawara campaign, received honors such as Jun-daijō after unification, and died of illness in 1591, depriving Hideyoshi of his most important family administrator.

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