[For Elementary School Students] Deepen Your Knowledge of Sengoku Warlords with a Country-Conquest Quiz

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The “Territory-Conquest Quiz” lets you enjoyably learn about warlords from the Sengoku period.

Familiar figures for elementary school students—like Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu—make an appearance.

From general questions about castles and battles to famous sayings such as “send salt to your enemy” and “If the cuckoo won’t sing, kill it,” as well as their favored weapons, you can discover surprising sides of these leaders that you won’t find in history textbooks.

Why not deepen your interest in Japanese history by tackling the quiz in a playful, game-like way?

[For Elementary School Students] Deepen Your Knowledge of Sengoku Warlords with the Country-Conquest Quiz (11–20)

What did Oda Nobunaga call Toyotomi Hideyoshi?NEW!

dog
cat
Monkey
pheasant

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Monkey

The story that Oda Nobunaga called Toyotomi Hideyoshi “monkey” is very famous. It’s also known that in a letter Nobunaga sent to Hideyoshi’s wife, he referred to Hideyoshi as a “bald rat.” It’s said he gave him these nicknames because his appearance and movements resembled those animals, but it may also suggest that to Nobunaga, Hideyoshi was a familiar and dependable retainer.

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What was the policy implemented by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to confiscate weapons?NEW!

Sword Hunt
weapon confiscation
Sword-taking
Weapon seizure

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Sword Hunt

While pursuing the unification of the realm, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an order to confiscate weapons such as swords and bows from peasants. A major objective of this policy was to prevent peasant uprisings and to promote the separation of soldiers and farmers by having peasants devote themselves to agriculture. It was explained that the confiscated weapons would be repurposed as nails and clamps for constructing the Great Buddha Hall in Kyoto, and people were told that this was to create a more peaceful society from then on.

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Which military commander is the origin of the proverb “sending salt to the enemy”?

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Takeda Shingen
Uesugi Kenshin

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Uesugi Kenshin

The proverb “to send salt to one’s enemy” means that you help someone even if they are your enemy when they are in trouble. The origin of this saying comes from an episode in the Warring States period, in which the warlord Uesugi Kenshin sent salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, who was struggling because he could not obtain salt. Uesugi Kenshin was famous as a commander who valued duty and honor, and this act gave rise to the expression “send salt to one’s enemy.”

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