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Toyotomi Hideyoshi managed to complete his late master Oda's dream of conquering Japan. His rule was such that he managed to confiscate private weapons from peasantry and launch an invasion of Korea with hope to conquer China. So why was he never proclaimed Shogun?

by /u/Lovecraftian666 in /r/AskHistorians

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