Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan.
10 Facts About Toyotomi Hideyori
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Many samurai who opposed Ieyasu rallied around Toyotomi Hideyori, claiming that he was the rightful ruler of Japan.
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Ieyasu ordered Toyotomi Hideyori to leave Osaka Castle, but those in the castle refused and summoned samurai to gather within the castle.
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The attack failed, but Toyotomi Hideyori was induced to sign a truce and dismantle the defenses of his stronghold at Osaka Castle.
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Toyotomi Hideyori forces began to attack contingents of the shoguns forces near Osaka.
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Toyotomi Hideyori's widow remarried but later became a Buddhist nun.
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Toyotomi Hideyori was just about to leave when he was brought word of its contents, and at this point, stalled in entering the fray.
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Toyotomi Hideyori remained in the fire-proof keep with his mother and, having sent dispatches to Ieyasu and Hidetada, waited for a response.
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Toyotomi Hideyori was given none and, upon his fire-proof keep being fired upon by the forces of Ii and Ando, allegedly then committed ritual suicide and the keep was destroyed.
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Adames went againe to the Cort [at Yedo] to procure our dispatch, and found all the Council busied about matters of justice of life and death; and amongst the rest, one man was brought in question about Fidaia Samme [Toyotomi Hideyori], as being in the castle with him to the last hour.