The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene (Part II)
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The Japanese and Korean Ecumene By 1591 Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98), the son of a peasant from an obscure village, had unified Japan and was its supreme ruler. His next ambition was to conquer China, as he stated in a letter to one of his vassals, “I am going to not only unify Japan but also enter Ming China.”
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene (Part II)
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene…
The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ecumene (Part II)
The Japanese and Korean Ecumene By 1591 Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98), the son of a peasant from an obscure village, had unified Japan and was its supreme ruler. His next ambition was to conquer China, as he stated in a letter to one of his vassals, “I am going to not only unify Japan but also enter Ming China.”