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The Choshu and Satsuma clans joined forces to destabilise the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu is the Shogun of Japan from
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Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the generals who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son in the Battle of Skeigahara The Azuchi-Momoyama Period comes to an end.
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In Japan, the Onin War between rival warlords is raging.
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The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan
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Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion) is built in Heiankyo (Kytoto) Japan by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
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Japan's shogun Ashikaga Takauji battles his brother Tadayoshi.
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1338 - 1358
Ashikaga Takauji rules as shogun in Japan. -
In Japan, the position of deputy shogun (kanrei) is established.
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In Japan, the position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is established.
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The Kamakura, no Yoritomo, and, no Sanetomo become shoguns of Japan
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1147 - 1199
Life of Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan leader of the Minamoto and first shogun of Japan. -