A vаssаl оf Odа Nоbunaga, [BLANK-1] avenged the death оf his lord and by 1590 completed the unification of Japan. He was the first ruler in 200 years to bring all of Japan under his rule. He had been a peasant’s son who rose through the ranks through his military prowess; however, once he became the Japanese ruler, he instituted reforms such as the Great Sword Hunt that deprived commoners from owning weapons and rising through the ranks as he had. Further, he placed restrictions on the samurai and prohibited them from leaving their lord’s service.