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| | Hideyoshi biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | On the death of Nobunaga, in 1582, he took such vigorous action that he became in 1586 the practical ruler of the Empire under the title of Kwambaku, or regent—a high office that had been reserved exclusively for members of the Fujiwara (q.v.) family. |
 | | In 1591 he nominally retired in favor of his son Hidetsugu, taking, as was customary in such circumstances, the title of Taiko, hence popularly known as Taiko-sama. |
 | | In 1592 he dispatched a large army to Korea to conquer it as a preliminary step in the conquest of China; but the expedition met with disaster, the Emperor of China having sent a large army to the assistance of the Koreans, and after his death at Kyoto, in 1598, it was recalled. |
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