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During the 16th
century an innovative and fierce
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leader,
Nobunaga, one of the first daimyos to make
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extensive use of
firearms, rose to the forefront
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among the
contesting lords.
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He deposed the
last Ashikaga shogun in 1573, but
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was killed in
1582 before finishing his conquests.
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Nobunaga's
general Toyotomo Hideyoshi continued
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the struggle and
became master of Japan by 1590.
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Hideyoshi then
launched two unsuccessful invasions of
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Korea.
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He died in 1598.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
won out in the ensuing contest for
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succession.
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In 1603 the
emperor appointed him shogun.
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