Toyotomi Hidetsugu (豊臣秀次; 1568 - July 15, 1595) was a nephew and retainer of Hideyoshi. Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time May 24 - Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ...

Hidetsugu was born to Hideyoshi's elder sister, but adopted by the Miyoshi clan and given the name name Miyoshi Nobuyoshi. He later renamed himself Hashiba Hidetsugu, in honor of his famous uncle: "Hashiba" was the Hideyoshi's family name, and "Hidetsugu" can be translated as "next Hide".

After the Incident at Honnoji in 1582, Hidetsugu was given a 400 thousand koku fiefdom in Omi Province because he was one of Hideyoshi's few relatives. In his subsequent career as a general, Hidetsugu he sustained heavy losses in the Battle of Nagakute against Tokugawa Ieyasu, but he proved himself in Hideyoshi's Invasion of Shikoku and Odawara subjugation. He also proved a competent manager of the castle town of Omihachiman. The forced suicide in 1582 of Japanese Daimyo Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide occurred in Honnoji Temple, ending Nobunagas quest to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... A koku (石) is a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year, then as 180. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... The Battle of Nagakute or more commonly, Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (小牧・長久手の戦い) took place in 1584 in Japan. ... Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); 徳川 家康 (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa bakufu of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. ... The third siege of Odawara (小田原征伐, odawaraseibatsu) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshis campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power. ... A castle town is a kind of town or city where residents live surrounding the castle at the center. ... Ōmihachiman (近江八幡市; -shi) is a city located in Shiga, Japan. ...

In 1590 (Tensho 18), he was appointed castellan of Kiyosu castle in Owari Province, where Oda Nobukatsu had once ruled. The following year, Hideyoshi lost his legitimate heir Tsurumatsu and so gave Hidetsugu the position of Kanpaku, regent to the Emperor. This meant Hidetsugu had to move to Jurakudai in Osaka, and resulted in a so-called "dual system of government" (二元政治) run by Hidetsugu and Hideyoshi, with the assumption that Hidetsugu would succeed Hideyoshi after his death. As Hideyoshi was busy handling the Seven-Year War in the Korean Peninsula (Battles of Bunroku and Keicho), Hidetsugu acted in his place to handle domestic affairs. Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ... Tenshō (天正) was a Japanese era after Genki and before Bunroku and spanned from 1573 to 1592. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Daitokuji (大徳寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan. ... Osaka Castle, Ōsaka-jō Umeda district of Osaka Location in Japan Osaka City  listen? (大阪市; Ōsaka-shi) is the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... The Seven-Year War was the conflict from 1592 to 1598 on the Korean peninsula, following two successive Japanese invasions of Korea. ... The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... For the 1756–1763 war, please see Seven Years War. ...

However, in 1593, Hideyoshi's mistress gave a birth to a new heir, Hideyori, and the relationship between Hidetsugu and Hideyoshi began to deteriorate. Rumours spread of Hidetsugu committing repeated and unjust murder, earning him the nickname "life-killing kanpaku" (殺生関白) - although modern historians doubt that these rumours were accurate. Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... Grave of Toyotomi Clan at Mount Koya Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣 秀頼 Toyotomi Hideyori), 1593-1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. ...

Finally, in 1595, Hidetsugu was accused of plotting a coup and ordered to commit seppuku at Mt. Koya. Daimyo associated with him were confined, Jurakudai was destroyed, and his children and mistresses were executed at Sanjogawara. Only one was spared: a daughter named Okiku, one month old, who was adopted by her grandfather's nephew, Goto Noriyoshi (Goto Okiyoshi? original: 後藤興義). Seppuku with ritual attire and second. ... Konpon Daito, the central point of Mt. ...