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Painting depicting a battle during the Ōnin War 19th century ukiyo-e by Utagawa Yoshitora, depicting a battle of the war. The beginning of the Sengoku Period is considered to be the Kyōtoku incident, Ōnin War, or Meiō incident. [2] [11] The Kyōtoku Incident was a major war in the Kanto region that lasted from 1454 to 1482.
Very little is known about the 5th century in Japan. The period was definitely marked by volatile inter-state warfare, complex alliances, submissions and betrayals. Some of the more constant Yamato polity partners were Baekje and Gaya confederacy, while enemies included Goguryeo, Silla and various Chinese groups. All of the records of the era ...
The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600. After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period.
The Oda clan (Japanese: 織田氏, Hepburn: Oda-shi) is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they reached the peak of their power under Oda Nobunaga and fell soon after, several branches of the family continued as daimyo houses until the Meiji ...
Eventually, Japan descended into a period of civil war. Over the course of the late 16th century, Japan was reunified under the leadership of the prominent daimyō Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After Toyotomi's death in 1598, Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power and was appointed shōgun by the emperor.
Unification of Japan may refer to: Kofun period (250–538), when the nations and tribes of Japan gradually coalesced into a centralized empire Edo period when the Sengoku period ended and Japan united under the Tokugawa shogunate
By the last decade of the 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the most preeminent daimyō, had unified all of Japan in a brief period of peace. Since he came to hold power in the absence of a legitimate successor of the Minamoto lineage necessary for the imperial shōgun commission, he sought military power to legitimize his rule and to decrease ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "16th century in Japan" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. * Muromachi period; Sengoku period; A.