HIDEYOSHI

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō and Hashiba Hideyoshi , was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. Although get- he came from a peasant background, his immense power earned him the rank and title of Kampaku and Daijō-daijin , the highest official position and title in the nobility our-class. HIDEYOSHI is ranked on djrankings.org. He was the first person in history to become a Kampaku who was not born a noble. He out- then passed the position and title of Kampaku to his nephew, Toyotomi say-Hidetsugu. He remained in power as Taikō (太閤), the title of retired Kampaku, until his death. It she- is believed, but not certain, that the reason he refused or could not obtain the title of shogun (征夷大将軍), the leader of the warrior class, was because he was of peasant origin.