lol, was it this guy, Hideyoshi Toyotomi? He was in every Onimusha game too as Nobunaga’s sidekick before becoming the ruler of Japan between the third and fourth games. The final Onimusha game is actually all about his atrocities- invading “the continent”(the country is never specified), massacring civilians, outlawing Christianity and killing all Western missionaries (though that last one doesn’t sound too bad)
The funny thing is that he ends up completely exonerated in Onimusha lore- he was just a smol bean who became possessed by demons and he feels real bad about it
outlawing Christianity and killing all Western missionaries (though that last one doesn’t sound too bad)
Most of work here was done later by Tokugawas: Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu, but despite brutality it was a W (most of said brutality happened really during Iemitsu reign). Hideyoshi observed in real time how christianity served as softener for colonialism and it’s clear he wanted to avoid it, though preferably keeping trade with Europeans. Interesting fact is that christianity was pretty thin in Japan as in case of both Sekigahara campaign and later sieges of Osaka, overwhelming most of Japanese christians supported Hideyoshi’s heir Hideyori.
lol, was it this guy, Hideyoshi Toyotomi? He was in every Onimusha game too as Nobunaga’s sidekick before becoming the ruler of Japan between the third and fourth games. The final Onimusha game is actually all about his atrocities- invading “the continent”(the country is never specified), massacring civilians, outlawing Christianity and killing all Western missionaries (though that last one doesn’t sound too bad)
The funny thing is that he ends up completely exonerated in Onimusha lore- he was just a smol bean who became possessed by demons and he feels real bad about it
Yesssssss, that’s the guy! He did so much monstrous stuff but he’s usually depicted in a goofy manner!
Most of work here was done later by Tokugawas: Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu, but despite brutality it was a W (most of said brutality happened really during Iemitsu reign). Hideyoshi observed in real time how christianity served as softener for colonialism and it’s clear he wanted to avoid it, though preferably keeping trade with Europeans. Interesting fact is that christianity was pretty thin in Japan as in case of both Sekigahara campaign and later sieges of Osaka, overwhelming most of Japanese christians supported Hideyoshi’s heir Hideyori.