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The Sengoku Period

The Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States Period, of Japan's history is responsible for many of the images we associate with traditional Japan today. How much do you know about this tumultuous time?
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Last updated: April 25, 2021
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Name for the hereditary military nobility of Japan at the time.
Samurai
Most famous type of sword used by these nobility.
Katana
Japan's imperial capital during the Sengoku Period.
Kyoto
Title of the feudal warlords who fought for supremacy during the period.
Daimyo
Powerful family who effectively ruled Japan prior to the period.
Ashikaga
War that initiated the Sengoku Period after that family's rule collapsed.
Onin War
Foreign power that brought the arquebus to Japan.
Portugal
Known as the 'Tiger of Kai' this lord fought five battles against his great rival at Kawanakajima.
Takeda Shingen
His rival, known as the 'Dragon of Echigo'.
Uesugi Kenshin
Named after two castles, this was the final phase of the Sengoku Period.
Azuchi-Momoyama Period
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First of the three 'Great Unifiers'.
Oda Nobunaga
Victory of the first Great Unifier against the Imagawa in 1560.
Battle of Okehazama
Second Great Unifier, rose from the status of a peasant soldier, or ashigaru.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Foreign country the second Great Unifier invaded.
Korea
Naval commander of that country that defeated the Japanese at sea.
Yi Sun-sin
Third Great Unifier.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Decisive battle won by the third Great Unifier in 1600.
Battle of Sekigahara
Third Great Unifier's opponent in that battle.
Ishida Mitsunari
Title claimed by third Great Unifier in 1603.
Shogun
Final major military action of the period in 1615, that saw the destruction of the second Great Unifier's clan.
Siege of Osaka
Murphster45
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Apr 26, 2021
Good quiz!
Findlay
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Nov 27, 2021
Thanks!
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