Collectively known as 'chitenjō' (血天井), these 'blood ceilings' are a grisly memorial to a pivotal moment in Japanese history when fortune swung in favour of Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康 1543-1616), and the Toyotomi Clan's decline began (their final destruction coming in 1615).
Remarks: ingenious of the US to invent a time machine, and go back to early 1500s #Japan, to fund #Nobunaga Oda and #Toyotomi Hideyoshi long invasion and occupation of #Korea (aka #Joseon).
I swear to god, these brain dead imbeciles make mind hurtee.
Who's watching #Shogun ? Here are three knives with the family crests of Japan's "three unifiers" and their fictional equivalents in Shogun. Both the novel/series and the historical background are riveting!
When conflict erupted at last between Toyotomi Hideyori and Tokugawa Ieyasu, the resulting battles would decide the political future of Japan for hundreds of years to come. However, in spite of the reduction they had experienced at the Shogun's hands, the Toyotomi Clan was still able to raise significant numbers of troops.
Shortly after the foundation of the new shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu gradually makes his fortified city Edo into the new unofficial political capital of Japan. He needed to proceed carefully, however, to avoid offending the powerful daimyo who still supported young Toyotomi Hideyori.
After a few years of uneasy ceasefire, the fighting resumes between the Japanese and the Koreans and their Ming allies. After a massive setback when the new-and-improved Japanese Navy nearly annihilates the Korean fleet at Chilcheollyang, Admiral Yi Sun-sin would once more bring his martial prowess to bear against his foes on the high seas with stunning results.
The Imjin War takes on a new dimension as fully-equipped armies from the Ming Dynasty arrive to take on the Japanese invasion. What began as an easy conquest for Toyotomi Hideyoshi soon became an intractable quagmire and gradually settled into a stalemate.
As the 1592 invasion of Korea continued, the Japanese armies enjoyed a rapid sequence of victories on land, dominating the peninsula in sieges and battles. Their quick success would soon become a liability, however, when the superior Joseon Navy started sinking supply ships and overcoming Japanese battle fleets.
In 1592, the armies of Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea, engaging in wanton slaughter, merciless plundering, and surprisingly rapid success. Because the Joseon Kingdom was almost completely unprepared for this incursion, they would need to rely on the aid of Ming China to win back control of the peninsula.
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