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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.
Kyoto Animation arson attack: 36 people were killed in one of the deadliest massacres in post-World War II history of Japan. 21 July: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the House of Councillors election at the third time. 2 August: Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on 28 ...
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").
Over the course of the late 16th century, Japan was ... is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. ... the first map made of Japan ...
A map of Japan currently stored at Kanazawa Bunko depicts Japan and surrounding countries, both real and imaginary. The date of creation is unknown but probably falls within the Kamakura period . It is one of the oldest surviving Gyōki-type maps of Japan.
Printable version; In other projects ... 16th-century military history of Japan (1 C, 19 P) P. 16th-century Japanese people ... Pages in category "16th century in Japan"
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End of 16th century. Guimet Museum. Christianity affected Japan, largely through the efforts of the Jesuits, led first by the Spanish Francis Xavier (1506–1552), who arrived in Kagoshima in southern Kyūshū in 1549. Both daimyō and merchants seeking better trade arrangements as well as peasants were among the converts.