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Medieval Japan

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  • 1573 BCE

    Azuchi-Momoyama Period (Part 2 because it was too long)

    According to https://www.ancient.eu/Azuchi-Momoyama_Period/, first half of its name. Nobunaga's successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi (r. 1582-1598 CE) would continue his work to unify all of Japan, and his base of Momoyama, south of Kyoto, provides the second half of the period's name. Hideyoshi came unstuck with his two failed invasions of Korea, and the period ended with the succession conflict that would see Tokugawa Ieyasu establish the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868 CE).
  • 1568 BCE

    Azuchi-Momoyama Period (Part 1 because it was too long)

    Azuchi-Momoyama Period (Part 1 because it was too long)
    According to https://www.ancient.eu/Azuchi-Momoyama_Period/, The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (Azuchi-Momoyama Jidai, aka Shokuho Period, 1568/73 - 1600 CE) was a brief but significant period of medieval Japan's history which saw the country unified after centuries of a weak central government and petty conflicts between hundreds of rival warlords. Oda Nobunaga (r. 1568-1582 CE) would establish himself as the military ruler of Japan, and his castle at Azuchi, east of Kyoto, gives the period the first
  • 1467 BCE

    Sengoku Period

    Sengoku Period
    According to https://www.ancient.eu/Sengoku_Period/, The Sengoku Period (Sengoku Jidai, 1467-1568 CE), also known as the Warring States Period, was a turbulent and violent period of Japanese history when rival warlords or daimyo fought bitterly for control of Japan. The beginning of the Sengoku period witnessed the Onin War (1467-1477 CE) which destroyed Heiankyo.
  • 1338 BCE

    Muromachi Period

    Muromachi Period
    According to https://www.ancient.eu/Muromachi_Period/, this refers to the period of Japanese medieval history when the Ashikaga shogun capital was located in the Muromachi area of Heiankyo (Kyoto). Replacing the Kamakura Shogunate (1192-1333 CE), the Ashikaga or Muromachi Shogunate (1338-1573) would oversee a depressingly warlike, rebellious, and brutal period of history which saw incessant rivalries between warlords and unchecked bandits plaguing the countryside.
  • 1199 BCE

    Kamakura Period

    Kamakura Period
    According to https://www.ancient.eu/Kamakura_Period/, this began when Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147-1199 CE) defeated the Taira clan at the Battle of Dannoura in 1185 CE. The period is named after Kamakura, a coastal town 48 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Tokyo which was used as the Minamoto clan's base.