Toyotomi Hidenaga

Toyotomi Hidenaga
豊臣 秀長
Toyotomi Hidenaga
Governor of Izumi, Kii and Yamato Province
In office
1585–1591
Personal details
Born
Koichirō (小一郎)

April 8, 1540
DiedFebruary 15, 1591(1591-02-15) (aged 50)
Kōriyama, Yamato Province
SpouseChiun'in
RelationsChikuami (father)
Ōmandokoro (mother)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (half-brother)
Asahi no kata (sister)
Toyotomi Hidetsugu (nephew)
Toyotomi Hideyori (nephew)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Toyotomi clan
RankDainagon
Unit Toyotomi clan
Battles/warsChugoku campaign (1577-1582)
Battle of Yamazaki (1582)
Battle of Shizugatake (1583)
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)
Invasion of Shikoku (1585)
Kyūshū Campaign (1587)

Toyotomi Hidenaga (豊臣 秀長, April 8, 1540 – February 15, 1591), formerly known as Hashiba Koichirō (羽柴 小一郎) or Hashiba Hidenaga (羽柴 秀長). He was a half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi,[1] one of the most powerful and significant warlords of Japan's Sengoku period and regarded as 'Hideyoshi's brain and right-arm'.

  1. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Satford University: Stanford University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0804705259.