Friday, January 09, 2026

The Brothers Toyotomi

NHK are broadcasting an historical drama about 16th century Shotgun Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his brother. (The two were born a certain class of peasant; Toyotomi's rise is the stuff of legend.) Anyhow, he was most interested in geography and cartography, commissioning a map drawn on screens, currently preserved at Jotokuji https://share.google/79pGKpdvAv9HGZUh9

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