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Daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who succeeded Oda Nobunaga, was well-known for his unification of Japan, helping to bring to an end the Sengoku, or Warring States period.
At the age of 50, he finally fathered his only son, Sutemaru, or Tsurumatsu. The little boy must have well-loved and anticipated, as the only heir of Toyotomi, meant to carry on his dynasty. Sadly, this small prince only lived just over two years, dying in September 1591. The beauty and richness of the Momoyama period are shown here, in these items a rich and all powerful warlord bestowed upon his son.

From the Tokyo National exhibit Masterpieces of the Zen Culture from Myoshinji, February 2009.

Sword with Kurikara Dragon
Owned by Toyotomi Sutemaru (1598-1591).

Warlord Gamo Ujisato (1556-95) sent this set as a celebration of birth gift to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, upon the birth of his first and only son, Sutemaru. The dragon king Kurikara appears in takamakie (raised makie) on pear-skin ground on the scabbard embellished with metal fittings of chrysanthemums and paulownia in high relief.
The blade was made by the master Naomuni of Ichimanji school in Bizen at the beginning of the Kamakura period.
Scabbard: Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century.
Lacquered wood with high relief gold and silver designs on pear-skin ground.
L. 41.1 cm
Blade: Kamakura period, 13th century.
Forged steel.
L. 23.6 cm
Myoushinji Temple.

Here is Princess Elizabeth age 13 circa 1546 before her father died and she was sent to live happily with her stepmother catherine, that is until scandal broke with seymour, the lady's husband.
she was an avid girl
fitting for a princess

the pink hood matches the gown, with pink and the sleeves the embroidery and the detail is beautiful her neck hands her famous color similiar in pose like her stepmother or foster mother Catherine Parr, and like Anne Boleyn she has pairls in the way of her infamous famous mother.
She was a very intelligent and very cunning girl when she was growing up, she went to become the greatest Queen (without consort, she always said she was married to England) England has ever had, as such I have a huge respect for Elizabeth.
She was the woman beyond her times, she made England not only an empire but was a great patron of the arts, diplomacy, and all the great things that make culture and an empire great both in culture and econimcally.
When she left not only was she missed and given a great funeral, but also she left what it is still called the "golden age" of England.
Years that will never be forgotten, because in the end she was the one responsbile to make England a golden age and a cradle for knowledge, arts, culture and economical prosperity.