Yodo-dono (1569 - 1615) was a prominently-placed figure in late-Sengoku period. She was a concubine and second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; who was then the most powerful man in Japan. She also became the mother of his son and successor; Hideyori.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - June 9; 1892); also named Taiso Yoshitoshi; was a Japanese artist. He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e; a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras - the last years of feudal Japan; and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Like many Japanese; Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world; but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many outstanding aspects of traditional Japanese culture; among them traditional woodblock printing.