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Thus began the Sengoku period, a period of civil war in which the daimyo of various regions fought to expand their own power. [9] [12] Daimyo who became more powerful as the shogunate's control weakened were called sengoku daimyo (戦国大名), and they often came from shugo daimyo, Shugodai, and kokujin or kunibito (国人, local masters).
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: 関ヶ原の戦い; Kyūjitai: 關ヶ原の戰い, Hepburn romanization: Sekigahara no Tatakai), was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.
The siege of Mount Hiei was a battle of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Oda Nobunaga and the sōhei (warrior monks) of the monasteries of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei near Kyoto on September 30, 1571. It is said that Oda Nobunaga killed all the monks, scholars, priests, women, and children that lived on the mountain in this battle.
Pages in category "Battles of the Sengoku period" The following 143 pages are in this category, out of 143 total. ... Ishiyama Hongan-ji War; Siege of Itami (1574 ...
This is a list of daimyōs from the Sengoku period of Japan. Tōhoku region. Mutsu Province. Nanbu clan, Tsugaru clan, Hirosaki Castle. Nanbu Nobunao; Nanbu Toshinao ...
The Portuguese introduced the arquebus to the Japanese during this chance encounter, which gave the Japanese, embroiled in the bloody Sengoku period at the time, a powerful weapon with which they conducted their internecine wars.
The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600. After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period.
The ōdzutsu was used primarily in naval and siege battles during the Sengoku Jidai for its efficiency in destroying large enemy structures.. Though interpretations of ōdzutsu differ in literature, it is generally regarded as a weapon of forged iron to distinguish it from an ishibiya (a cast bronze hand cannon).