Hideyoshi

[ hee-de-yaw-shee ]

/ ˈhi dɛˈyɔ ʃi /

To·yo·to·mi

[taw-yaw-taw-mee] /ˈtɔ yɔˈtɔ mi/,1536–98, Japanese general and statesman: prime minister and dictator of Japan 1585–98.

Example sentences from the Web for hideyoshi

His early tolerance of Christianity is susceptible of the same explanation as that shown by Hideyoshi.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 |Various
How are we to account for this apparently rapid change of mood on the part of Hideyoshi?

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 |Various
In 1592 occurred the epoch-making invasion of Korea by a Japanese army of 300,000 men, by order of the great regent Hideyoshi.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8 |Various
The plan was conceived by Nobunaga, begun by Hideyoshi, and completed by Iyeyasu.

The Gist of Japan |R. B. Peery

For the Jesuits now the absorbing question was, what attitude Hideyoshi would assume towards their propagandism.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 |Various