" The young Toyotomi Hideyoshi ( then named Kinoshita Tōkichirō ) leads a small group assaulting the castle on Mount Kinka ( Gifu ) | Mount Inaba ; 1885, 12th month

In that same year, Hideyoshi banned " unfree labor " or slavery ; but forms of contract and indentured labor persisted alongside the period penal codes ' forced labor.

The deal was made at the end of the year ; as part of the terms Ieyasu's second son, O Gi Maru, became an adopted son of Hideyoshi.

* February 2 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord ( b. this day or March 26, 1537 ; d. 1598 )

Nobunaga, known for his ruthlessness, is the subject of the first ; Hideyoshi, known for his resourcefulness, is the subject of the second ; and Ieyasu, known for his perseverance, is the subject of the third verse.

Nobunaga, known for his ruthlessness, is the subject of the first ; Hideyoshi, known for his resourcefulness, is the subject of the second ; and Ieyasu, known for his perseverance, is the subject of the third verse.

In 1592 Hideyoshi presided over Nagamaru's coming of age ceremony ; it was then that Ieyasu's son dropped his childhood name, Nagamaru, and assumed the name Hidetada.

Their daughters married into prestigious families ; the eldest, Kō, married Maeda Nagatane, a distant relative of Toshiie who became a senior Kaga retainer ; Ma ' a, was a concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Gō was adopted by Hideyoshi and became the wife of Ukita Hideie, and Chise, who was first wedded to Hosokawa Tadaoki's son Tadataka, later married Murai Nagayori's son Nagatsugu.

It was marked by the rule of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, men who built castles as symbols of their power ; Nobunaga in Azuchi, the seat of his government, and Hideyoshi in Momoyama.

After the death of Hideyoshi, the Battle of Sekigahara ensued, and Tokugawa Ieyasu became ruler of all Japan: the Seii Taishōgun ; he opened his bakufu, but as Kawachi was Toyotomi Hideyori's fiefdom, it was not entered into the bakuhan taisei.

* Toyotomi Hideyori – Son of Hideyoshi ; supreme commander of the western army in the Siege of Osaka.

During this long period three individuals emerged who would unite Japan under one rule ; they were Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

There is no specified " set " of such dolls ; subjects include Emperor Jimmu, Empress Jingū with her prime minister Takenouchi holding her newborn imperial son, Shoki the Demon-Queller, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his generals and tea-master, and fairy-tale figures such as Momotarō the Peach Boy or Kintarō the Golden Boy.

In the spring of 1587 Tama managed to secretly visit the Osaka church ; a few months later, when she heard that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had issued a proclamation against Christianity, she was determined to be baptized immediately.

At the end of the 16th century, Nikkai ( Honinbo Sansa ) served Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu as a Go teacher, and in 1578 was recognized as the first Meijin of Go by Oda Nobunaga ; he also became the first Honinbō.

Famous places in Fushimi include the Fushimi Inari Shrine, with thousands of torii lining the paths up and down a mountain ; Fushimi Castle, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with its rebuilt towers and gold-lined tea-room ; and the Teradaya, an inn at which Sakamoto Ryōma was attacked and injured.

Korea refused, and Hideyoshi invaded Korea and Manchuria ; the subsequent series of battles are known as the Japanese invasions of Korea ( 1592 – 1598 ).

Nagamori was born in Nakashima-no-kori, Mashita-mura, Owari Province or Asai-gori, Mashita-go, Ōmi Province and served Hashiba Hideyoshi ( Toyotomi Hideyoshi ) when he had been a retainer of Oda Nobunaga.

She had two sons with Hideyoshi, Tsurumatsu, who died young, and Hideyori born in 1593 who became the designated successor of Hideyoshi.

** Sannomarudono ( died 1603 ), concubine to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, married Nijō Akizane

Chacha ( also known as Lady Yodo ), the eldest, became the mistress of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Raku means " enjoyment ", " comfort " or " ease " and is derived from Jurakudai, the name of a palace, in Kyoto, that was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ( 1537 – 1598 ), who was the leading warrior statesman of the time.

After several years of negotiations ( broken off because envoys of both sides falsely reported to their masters that the opposition surrendered ), Hideyoshi appointed Kobayakawa Hideaki to lead the invasion forces, but their efforts on the Korean peninsula met with less success than the first invasion.

Because of his low birth with no family name to the eventual achievement of Kanpaku ( Regent ), the title of highest imperial nobility, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had quite a few names throughout his life.

* Nene ( aristocrat ), wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

* Yodo-dono ( 1569 – 1615 ), also known as Lady Chacha, a concubine of Hideyoshi Toyotomi

This Emperor gave Toyotomi Hideyoshi the rank of Taikō, originally a title given to the father of the Emperor's chief advisor ( Kampaku ), or a retired Kampaku, which was essential to increase his status and effectively stabilize his power.

During the Japanese invasions of Korea ( 1592 – 1598 ), the Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, with the ambition of conquering Ming China, invaded Korea with his daimyō and their troops in 1592 and again in 1597.

Although a commoner who had risen through the ranks from foot soldier, Hideyoshi was now in position to challenge even the most senior of the Oda clan's hereditary retainers, and proposed that Nobutada's infant son, Sanpōshi ( who became Oda Hidenobu ), be named heir rather than Nobunaga's adult third son, Nobutaka, whose cause had been championed by Shibata Katsuie.

The traditional account for this style, codified by Eitoku's great-grandson Kanō Einō ( 1631 – 97 ) in his History of Japanese Painting ( Honcho gashi ), is that it resulted partly from the exigencies of Eitoku's busy schedule, and that it embodied the martial and political bravura of the warlords, Nobunaga and Hideyoshi.

In order to keep Ieyasu from defecting to the Hōjō side ( since the Hōjō and the Tokugawa were formerly on friendly terms ), Hideyoshi took the eleven-year-old Nagamaru as a hostage.

Nagahama used to be known as Imahama ( 今濱 ), but Toyotomi Hideyoshi renamed it Nagahama for Oda Nobunaga.

Mōri Terumoto ( 毛利 輝元, January 22, 1553 – April 27, 1625 ), son of Mōri Takamoto and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mōri Motonari, fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi but was eventually overcome, participated in the Kyūshū campaign ( 1587 ) on Hideyoshi's side and built Hiroshima Castle, thus essentially founding Hiroshima.

** Chacha, or Yodo dono ( 1569-1615 ), also known as Daiko ' in, concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Hideyoshi's heir Hideyori

In the 1582 siege of Takamatsu ( 備中高松城の戦い ), Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid siege to Takamatsu Castle, which was controlled by the Mōri clan.

In 1587, Nobunaga's successor, the regent ( kampaku ) Hideyoshi gave Nikkai an official position, ( forerunner to the office of Go-dokoro ), granting his temple an annual four koku of rice and setting up a tournament that he attended in person.

In 1727,, a Ronin, claimed that the islands were discovered by his ancestor, in 1593, ( Tensho 20 ), and the territory was granted as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Despite having two painter sons, at the suggestion ( if not the order ) of the Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Eitoku adopted Kanō Sanraku ( 1561 – 1635 ), who married his daughter and succeeded him as head of the school.

It then went to Toyotomi Hideyoshi ( 豊臣秀吉 ), Shimazu Hyogo Yoshihiro ( 島津義弘 ), again to Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu ( 徳川家康 ), Tokugawa Yorinobu ( 徳川頼宣 ), and finally Tokugawa Ietsuna ( 徳川家綱 ).

** Akita Sanesue ( 秋田実季 ; 1576 – 1660 ), daimyo ( feudal ruler )

* Masami Akita ( 秋田昌美 ; born 1956 ), musician, also known as Merzbow

* Masateru Akita ( 秋田政輝 ; born 1982 ), former footballer

* Ujaku Akita ( 秋田 雨雀 ; 1883 – 1962 ), pseudonym of Tokuzō Akita ( 秋田 徳三 ), author and Esperantist

She told a Japanese person that she would like to have an Akita dog ; one was given to her within a month, with the name of Kamikaze-go.

Japan National Route 4 runs to Tokyo in the south, through Fukushima, then north to Sendai and beyond ; Japan National Route 13 begins in Fukushima, runs through Yamagata Prefecture, then terminates in Akita Prefecture ; Japan National Route 114 starts in Fukushima and runs southeast to the town of Namie ; Japan National Route 115 runs through Fukushima, connecting Sōma in the east to Inwashiro in the west ; Japan National Route 399 starts southeast of Fukushima in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima, continues northwest through Fukushima, and terminates in the city of Nan ' yō, Yamagata ; and Japan National Route 459 begins in Niigata, Niigata, runs eastward through Kitakata, through Fukushima, southward to Nihonmatsu, then eastward to Namie.

During Japan's Meiji era the former Dewa Province was realigned into two provinces: Ugo, which contained some of the northern parts of Yamagata and nearly all of Akita prefectures ; and Uzen, which contained the majority of Yamagata Prefecture.

Often, toilets were constructed over a running stream ; one of the first known flushing toilets was found at Akita castle, dating back to the 8th century, with the toilet constructed over a diverted stream.

Akita Prefecture ( 秋田県 ; Akita-ken ) is a prefecture located in the Tohoku region of northern Japan.

; ( Bear hunting dog ): A tiger-striped ( tora-ge ), or silver brindle akita Akita Inu pup.

; Gin's siblings: ( Akita Inus ) They are looked upon as bad hunting dogs by Gohei, due to their lack of aggression, and he refuses to train them as he does Gin.

The Shikoku is one of the native Japanese breeds intermediate in size between the large Akita Inu and the small Shiba Inu ; all are within the Spitz family of dogs.

* Yuri, Akita, a former town in Akita Prefecture, Japan ; now part of Yurihonjō

Aomori Bank cooperated with other banks in the region ( including Iwate Bank and Akita Bank ) to create a no-fee ATM network ; this has declined due to the departure of one of the participant members, Michinoku Bank, in July 2005.