Kyushu Conquest

Japanese: 九州征伐 - きゅうしゅうせいばつ

In 1587 (Tensho 15), Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Kyushu, defeated Shimazu Yoshihisa, and forced him to surrender, thus pacifying the entire Kyushu region. Hideyoshi aimed to unify the country, and in 1589, he made peace with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, achieving dominance over the central region. In the following year, he invaded Shikoku and defeated the Chosokabe clan. At the time, Otomo Sorin of Bungo and Shimazu Yoshihisa of Satsuma were competing for supremacy in Kyushu, but after the Otomo clan was defeated in the Battle of Hyuga Mimigawa in 1593, the Shimazu clan gained the upper hand. In 1589, Shimazu Yoshihisa sent troops to approach the Otomo clan's base, so in March of the following year, Otomo Sorin asked Hideyoshi for help. Hideyoshi urged Shimazu Yoshihisa to make peace, but Yoshihisa did not accept it, so in December of the same year, he issued an order to the Kinai, Nankai, Hokuriku, Tokai, Tosan, San'in, and San'yo regions, and raised an army to conquer Kyushu. In January of the following year, 15th year, Hideyoshi gathered his generals in Osaka, and in March of the same year, he entered Kyushu, with a total of 250,000 troops. In May of the same year, he entered Satsuma, and Yoshihisa suffered a series of defeats. The Shimazu clan was granted the territories of Satsuma, Hyuga, and Osumi, and Hideyoshi's subjugation of Kyushu was completed.

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Japanese:

天正 15 (1587) 年，豊臣秀吉が九州に遠征し，島津義久を破ってこれを降伏させ，九州全土を平定した戦い。秀吉は全国統一を目指し，天正 12年，小牧・長久手の戦いに徳川家康と和し，中央の制覇を実現し，翌 13年，四国征伐を行なって，長宗我部氏を下した。当時，九州では豊後の大友宗麟と薩摩の島津義久が覇を競っていたが，同6年，日向耳川の戦いに大友氏が敗れて以来，島津氏が優位に立った。同 13年，島津義久は兵を出して大友氏の本拠に迫ったので，翌 14年3月，大友宗麟は秀吉に助けを求めた。秀吉は島津義久に対し和平をすすめたが，義久がこれを受けなかったので，同 12月，畿内，南海，北陸，東海，東山，山陰，山陽の諸道に令を発し，九州征伐の軍を起した。翌 15年1月，秀吉は諸将を大坂に集め，同年3月，九州に入った。総勢 25万という。同年5月，薩摩に入り，義久は連敗してくだった。島津氏は薩摩，日向，大隅の所領を認められ，これによって秀吉の九州平定が成った。

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