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The Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai, lit. ' Warring States period ' ) is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The siege of Osaka (大坂の役, Ōsaka no Eki, or, more commonly, 大坂の陣 Ōsaka no Jin) was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction.
On 9 November 1867, Yoshinobu tendered his resignation to the Emperor and formally stepped down ten days later, returning governing power to the Emperor. [19] He then withdrew from Kyoto to Osaka . However, Satsuma and Chōshū, while supportive of a governing council of daimyōs , were opposed to Yoshinobu's leading it. [ 18 ]
The Ōnin War starts, marking the beginning of the Sengoku period – during which violence and power struggle has become the norm. 1477: Kyoto has been completely destroyed. Iga Province by this point has successfully rejected the authority of the local shugo. 1485 The Yamashiro uprising establishes the Yamashiro ikki: 1487
Emperor Akihito announces his resignation from the throne at the Seiden-Matsu-no-Ma room (正殿松の間, "State Hall") and receives audience with the representatives of the people for the last time. Public Seiden-Matsu-no-Ma (正殿松の間), Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tokyo: 1 May Kenji-tō-Shōkei-no-gi: 剣璽等承継の儀
GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin will resign from Congress early, handing another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson and his razor thin Republican majority. In a statement, Gallagher confirmed he ...
The early 20th century historian Tsuda Sōkichi, who put forward the then-controversial theory that the Kojiki 's accounts were not based on history (as Edo period kokugaku and State Shinto ideology believed them to be) but rather propagandistic myths concocted to explain and legitimize the rule of the imperial dynasty, also saw Susanoo as a ...
Former L.A. City Councilmember Gil Cedillo has written a public letter addressing his refusal to resign from the council in the wake of his involvement in a leaked audio recording that included ...