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| | The Madness of Hideyoshi |
 | | Hideyoshi's trust in the Kato, Mori, and Konishi was further displayed after his conquest of Kyushu; the Mori family was given most of Northern Kyushu as a fief (Sansom, 322.) Hideyoshi clearly trusted those families which he sent to Korea. |
 | | Hideyoshi's irrational slaughter of his family clearly indicates that he was suffering from a severe mental imbalance at the time. |
 | | Hideyoshi, taking advantage of Oda Nobunaga's death, saw that Nobunaga's two sons were quarreling over succession, and, as Nobunaga's top general, placed Nobunaga's infant grandson, Samboshi in charge of the realm (Sansom, 311.) Thus, Hideyoshi was able to rise to power more easily because of the lack of a leader in the Oda family. |
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