Toyotomi Hidenaga

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Toyotomi Hidenaga

(1540 - 1591) was a half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
, one of the most powerful (and significant) warlords of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
's Sengoku period

Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
. After participating in and helping Hideyoshi win the battle at Kii

Kii Province

, or Kishu , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture....
, Hidenaga oversaw the construction of Wakayama Castle

Wakayama Castle

in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, sits at the mouth of the Kii River. Originally Ota castle, home of the Saiga Ikki, it was captured by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585, during the Siege of Negoroji; many Negoro-gumi sought refuge in Ota, which was soon destroyed by flood....
in 1585, appointing Todo Takatora

Todo Takatora

was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through Edo period. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru to become a daimyo....
to the chief engineer. He led Hideyoshi's vanguard force a few years later into Satsuma Province

Satsuma Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu. Its abbreviation is Sasshu ....
, contributing heavily to his half-brother's victories in gaining control of Kyushu

Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
. Hidenaga was rewarded the provinces of Kii, Izumi

Izumi Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It is also referred to as . It lay in Kinai, and its area today composes the south-western part of Osaka Prefecture ....
and Yamato

Yamato Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshu. It was also called . At first, the name was written with one different character , and for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable characters ....
, reaching a governance of one million koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
. He was regarded as Hideyoshi's brain and right-arm.

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