Historical figures in Japan
The atlas holds 4 people and 8 moments here, from 1561 to 1689. The most recorded lives are Matsuo Bashō, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Among them Writers and Artists, across the Age of Exploration and Edo Japan.
Notable people
Matsuo Bashō
from 1684 to 1689
3 moments here
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, renowned for haikai and for travel writing including Oku no Hosomichi.…
Oda Nobunaga
in 1570
1 moment here
Japanese samurai and daimyō who rose from Owari Province to become one of the principal military and political unifiers of sixteenth-century Japan.…
Tokugawa Ieyasu
in 1600
1 moment here
Japanese samurai, daimyo, and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Born Matsudaira Takechiyo at Okazaki Castle, he spent part of his childhood as a…
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
from 1561 to 1573
3 moments here
Japanese samurai, daimyō, imperial regent, and chancellor who rose from a humble background under Oda Nobunaga to unify most of Japan.…
Moments
- 1561 Sunomata Castle repairs Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1570 Battle of Anegawa Oda Nobunaga
- 1570 Battle of Anegawa Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1573 Move to Nagahama Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1600 Battle of Sekigahara Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1684 Visit to Ōgaki Matsuo Bashō
- 1689 Arrival at Ōgaki Matsuo Bashō
- 1689 Departure from Ōgaki for Ise Matsuo Bashō