▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 8 8 , ▁Toy ot omi ▁H ide y oshi , ▁having ▁become ▁k amp aku ▁or ▁" imper ial ▁reg ent ", ▁ordered ▁a ▁new ▁sword ▁h unt ; ▁H ide y oshi , ▁like ▁Nob un aga , ▁sought ▁to ▁solid ify ▁separ ations ▁in ▁the ▁class ▁structure , ▁den ying ▁common ers ▁weapons ▁while ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁nob ility , ▁the ▁sam ur ai ▁class . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Toy ot omi ' s ▁sword ▁h unt , ▁like ▁Nob un aga ' s , ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁prevent ▁pe asant ▁u pr is ings ▁and ▁to ▁den y ▁weapons ▁to ▁his ▁advers aries . ▁This ▁h unt ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁inspired ▁by ▁a ▁pe asant ▁u pr ising ▁in ▁H igo ▁the ▁year ▁prior , ▁but ▁also ▁served ▁to ▁dis arm ▁the ▁s ō he i ▁of ▁Mount ▁K ō ya ▁and ▁T ō nom ine . ▁Toy ot omi ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁conf isc ated ▁weapons ▁would ▁be ▁m elt ed ▁down ▁and ▁used ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁giant ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁Bud d ha ▁for ▁the ▁As uka - der a ▁monaster y ▁in ▁N ara . ▁ ▁" T a ik ō ' s ▁S word ▁H unt ", ▁as ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁called , ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁ed ict s , ▁including ▁the ▁Exp ulsion ▁Ed ict ▁of ▁ 1 5 9 0 , ▁by ▁which ▁Toy ot omi ▁sought ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁census ▁and