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Japan in the late 16th century The three unifiers of Japan: from left to right: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu In and around the Kinai , the most politically important region in Japan, Oda Nobunaga allied with Tokugawa Ieyasu to increase his power.
Japan sea map. The earliest known term used for maps in Japan is believed to be kata (形, roughly "form"), which was probably in use until roughly the 8th century.During the Nara period, the term zu (図) came into use, but the term most widely used and associated with maps in pre-modern Japan is ezu (絵図, roughly "picture diagram").
A sister map of Japan (hereafter Myōhonji map) was introduced to academic circles in 2001. It was stored at Myōhonji, a temple of the Nichiren Shōshū sect in Chiba Prefecture. It is accompanied by some documents, which enabled better understanding of Myōhonji map and the map concerned. [1]
During the second half of the 16th century, Japan gradually reunified under two powerful warlords: Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The period takes its name from Nobunaga's headquarters, Azuchi Castle, and Hideyoshi's headquarters, Momoyama Castle. [73] Japan in 1582, showing territory conquered by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in gray
In the midl-16th century, the castle towns proliferated and became both the residence of the daimyo and the political centre of the domain (sengoku jōkamachi). [4] Jōkamachi functions both as a military base represented by the castle and an administrative and commercial city.
Years of the 16th century in Japan (67 C, 2 P) Pages in category "16th century in Japan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
"Long Cape"), officially Nagasaki City (長崎市, Nagasaki-shi), is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. Founded by the Portuguese, [ 2 ] the port of Nagasaki became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries.
The castle was constructed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, at the time a minor retainer of Oda Nobunaga, while they were pressing the Siege of Inabayama Castle in the mid-16th century. "The work of building at Sunomata was done by a band of adventurers under the direction of a local robber baron named Hachisuka Koroku ."