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Toyotomi Hideyoshi was part of the Japanese clan of Toyotomi. The Toyotomi ruled Japan before the Edo period. The most prominent member of the clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is known as one of the unifiers of Japan. Although of lower social class, Hideyoshi joined Nobunaga at a young age. He was initially dismissed because of his lowered class status, but eventually gained a significant amount of influence over Nobunaga, especially after Nobunaga's death in 1582. This essentially gave him status as a rule of virtually most of Japan. He gave himself the new Toyotomi clan name and was able to unify Japan in 1589. When Hideyoshi died, his son at the time was only five years old.