Hideyoshi

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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 秀良, 秀吉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひでよし(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. /çi.de̞.jo̞.ɕi/

Meaning & History

From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" combined with 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck". Other kanji combinations are possible. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hideyoshi 秀吉 being his given name) was a 16th-century daimyo who unified Japan and attempted to conquer Korea. He also banned the ownership of weapons by the peasantry, and banished Christian missionaries.