Hideyoshi, who took over after Oda Nobunaga's death in 1582, helped transition Japan to a more peaceful era through reforms like the cadastral survey and census while avoiding destruction during conquests. However, Hideyoshi also displayed paranoid behavior like persecuting Sen no Rikyu and Toyotomi Hidetsugu. His costly and unsuccessful invasion of Korea in the 1590s drained resources from both Japan and Korea. After Hideyoshi's death, his regime gave way to the Tokugawa Shogunate within Japan, while Korea suffered painful recovery and Ming China's power declined more rapidly.

1. Hideyoshi
c. 1536-1598

2. Oda Nobunaga

4. Hideyoshi:
Transition to Peace
• Conquest without destruction
– Exchange of Hostages
• Reforms
– Cadastral Survey
– Census
• Heino Bunri: Separation of Soldier and Peasant
• Creation of Castle Towns
– Sword Hunt

5. Hideyoshi
Canny or Insane?
• Paranoid Style
– Sen no Rikyu
– Toyotomi Hidetsugu
• Invasion of Korea
– Destiny
– Surplus Samurai

6. After Hideyoshi
• Japan
– Sekigahara and Tokugawa Shogunate
– Cultural and Economic Success
• Korea
– Painful recovery
• China
– Economic Drain
– Military Drain
– Ming Dynasty Only Lasts Another 30 years

7. Sources
• Maps: Yamakawa, Nihonshi Sogo Zuroku
[Comprehensive Visual History of Japan]
• Tokugawa Portrait: Edo: Art in Japan, 1615-
1868 by the National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC
• Other pictures by Jonathan Dresner
– http://www.flickr.com/photos/jondresner/