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.
Nagaoka Domain Nagaoka Domain (長岡藩 , Nagaoka-han ) was a "fudai" feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Echigo Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Nagaoka Castle), located in what is now part of the city of Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture. It was often referred to as Echigo-Nagaoka Domain (越後長岡藩 , Echigo-Nagaoka-han ) to disambiguate itself from the smaller Yamashiro-Nagaoka Domain (山城長岡藩 , Yamashiro-Nagaoka-han ) in what is now Nagaokakyo, Kyoto. The domain was ruled by the Makino clan for most of its history. It was also the center of some of the fiercest fighting of the Boshin War, during the summer of 1868. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the son of a Nagaoka samurai.