He was a king of Owari area, there is now west area of Aichi prefecture.

He formed an alliance “Tokugawa Ieyasu”.

He liked 6 meter long spears.

He hired anyone directly, if the person was smart and good.

He changed name of area ,very much.

For example, Gifu prefecture was named by him.

And He aimed for Kyoto.

Kyoto was a capital city in Japan.

All politics was being held in Kyoto.

He occupied Kyoto area,and He conquered half of Japan by force.

But he killed “Akechi Mitsuhide”. It called “Honnoji-no-hen”.

His successor was “Toyotomi Hideyoshi”.

Hideyoshi was a farmer at first.

He hired Hideyoshi,and Hideyoshi worked very hard.

I will explain it another post.

Hideyoshi became emperor of Japan,finally.

[from wikipedia]