Who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier", and is reponsible for taking Miki Castle of Harima Province from Bessho Nagaharu?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉 , March 17, 1537 – September 18, 1598) was a preeminent "daimyō", warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier". He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Warring States period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after Hideyoshi's castle. After his death, his young son Hideyori was displaced by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Kikuchi Takemitsu Kikuchi Takemitsu (菊池武光 , 1319–1373) was a general in the Nanboku-chō period of Japanese history. Takemitsu was the 9th son of Kikuchi Taketoki, and fought on the side of Emperor Go-Daigo as his father had done, a strong and dependable ally to Prince Kaneyoshi (懐良親王, also known as Kanenaga) (1326–1383) (son of the emperor Go-Daigo]]) in the struggle against the Kamakura shogunate . His most famed battle is the Battle of Oohobaru, fought on the banks of the Chikugo river in Kyūshū, in which he was victorious.