Color woodblock print entitled: Lord Mashiba Subjugates Korea by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Diptych (two right panels from a triptych). Lord Mashiba Hisayoshi was a popular kabuki alias for Toyotomi Hideyoshi (February 2, 1536 or March 26, 1537 - September 18, 1598) a preeminent Japanese daimyo, warrior, general and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second great unifier. He changed Japanese society in many ways. These include imposition of a rigid class structure, restriction on travel, and surveys of land and production. He financed the construction, restoration and rebuilding of many temples standing today in Kyoto. Late in life he occupied himself with the Japanese conquest of China by way of Korea. In 1592 his forces invaded Korea and captured Seoul. The Korean king Seonjo of Joseon escaped to Uiju and requested military intervention from China. In 1598 the Japanese were defeated by a Righteous army, Admiral Yi Sun-sin and assistance from Ming China. Hideyoshi died in 1598 at the age of 61 or 62 of complications caused by the bubonic plague.