1593: Ming Intervention and the Japanese Retreat - Sengoku Shogun Map
After Ming reinforcements recaptured Pyongyang, the Japanese repelled the advancing Ming army at the Battle of Byeokjegwan, but their subsequent assault on Haengju Fortress failed. With the front stalemated, Japanese forces abandoned Hanseong and withdrew to the southern coast as peace talks began. At home, Hideyoshi's long-awaited biological son Hideyori was born, sowing the seeds of a new succession dispute.
Major events
- 1593-05-22: Hideyoshi Reports Peace Negotiations from Nagoya — While based at Nagoya, Toyotomi Hideyoshi wrote to Kita-no-Mandokoro reporting that Ming envoys had presented peace terms.
- 1593-08-03: Birth of Toyotomi Hideyori — Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son Hiroi, later known as Hideyori, was born at Osaka Castle, changing the political situation surrounding the Toyotomi succession.
- 1593-08: Hideyoshi Moves to Fushimi — After Hideyori's birth, Toyotomi Hideyoshi moved to his Shigetsu residence in Fushimi and developed it into a full castle and new center of government.