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Seppuku of Toyotomi Hidetsugu

Type Event Region Asia Time 1595

Between July and August 1595 Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced his adopted son Toyotomi Hidetsugu to commit seppuku near Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto on charges of…

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  1. 1595Osaka Castle · KinkiToyotomi Hideyoshi ordered Hidetsugu exiled to Mount Koya on charges of misconduct and suspected treason, stripping him of the kampaku office and his domains.
  2. 1595Near Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto · KinkiHidetsugu was forced to commit seppuku; Hideyoshi then ordered the execution of Hidetsugu's wives, concubines, children, and other family members, dealing a devastating blow to the Toyotomi clan's potential succession system.

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