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Letter from Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi to Kobayakawa Saemon-no-jo, Dated the Twenty-fourth Day of
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- BK995
| Title | Letter from Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi to Kobayakawa Saemon-no-jo, Dated the Twenty-fourth Day of |
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| Country | Japan |
| Period | Momoyama |
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In the sixth month of 1585 (Tenshô 13), Hashiba (later Toyotomi) Hideyoshi (1536-98), on the occasion of his conquest of Shikoku, sent this letter to Kobayakawa Takakage (1533-97), who was moving his troops into Iyo as Hideyoshi's advance guard. In the letter, Hideyoshi congratulates him for his success in crossing the sea as planned, and tells him that he himself is scheduled to depart on the third day of the following month.
Kobayakawa Takakage was the third son of Môri Motonari (1477-1571). He was adopted by the Kobayakawa family of the Numata area in Aki (presently Hiroshima Prefecture). In 1582 (Tenshô 10), he negotiated peace with Hideyoshi, and thereafter served his forces in the conquest of Shikoku and Kyûshû.
The contents of the letter, in which Hideyoshi tells Takakage to consult with his envoys, Hachisuka Masakatu (1526-86) and Kuroda Nagamasa (1568-1623), and beseeches Takakage to make no errors, conveys the extraordinary expectations of Hideyoshi for the Shikoku campaign.
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