Hideyoshi

by Mary Elizabeth Berry

Book Overview

Here is the first full-length biography in English of the most important political figure in premodern Japan. Hideyoshi--peasant turned general, military genius, and imperial regent of Japan--is the subject of an immense legendary literature. He is best known for the conquest of Japan's sixteenth-century warlords and the invasion of Korea. He is known, too, as an extravagant showman who rebuilt cities, erected a colossal statue of the Buddha, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674390261
• ISBN13: 9780674390263
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"