Toyotomi Hidenaga
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Toyotomi Hidenaga (豊臣秀長?)(1540-1591) was a half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the most powerful (and significant) warlords of Japan's Sengoku period. After participating in and helping Hideyoshi win the battle at Kii, Hidenaga oversaw the construction of Wakayama Castle in 1585, appointing Tōdō Takatora to the chief engineer. He led Hideyoshi's vanguard force a few years later into Satsuma Province, contributing heavily to his half-brother's victories in gaining control of Kyūshū. Hidenaga was rewarded the provinces of Kii, Izumi and Yamato, reaching a governance of one million koku. He was regarded as Hideyoshi's brain and right-arm. He died in Yamato Kōriyama, Nara.
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- Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
