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The era of warfare called the Sengoku period (1467–1615) [23] ended when a united Japan entered the peaceful Edo period (1603–1868). Although samurai continued to use both plate and lamellar armour as a symbol of their status, traditional armours were no longer necessary for battle.
Photograph of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing, taken in Osaka, Japan. There are typically two types of clothing worn in Japan: traditional clothing known as Japanese clothing (和服, wafuku), including the national dress of Japan, the kimono, and Western clothing (洋服, yōfuku) which encompasses all else not recognised as either national dress or the dress of another country.
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).
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 ...
In 1645, the Tokugawa shogunate formalized this, allowing daimyo with an income above 1300 koku to have a ko-uma-jirushi, and daimyo earning more than 6000 koku to have an ō-uma-jirushi as well. The ō-uma-jirushi was the nucleus of action on the battlefield, and while it aided the organization and morale of friendly troops, it also attracted ...
A map of the territories of the Sengoku daimyo around the first year of the Genki era (1570 AD). Daimyo (大名, daimyō, Japanese pronunciation: ⓘ) were powerful Japanese magnates, [1] feudal lords [2] who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.
Outside of Japan, shitagi (下着, lit. "under clothing") (also gusoku shita) refers to a type of shirt worn by the Samurai class of feudal Japan when they were wearing full armour. [1] In the common and modern use of Japanese language, however, " shitagi " just means underwear .
Sashimono poles were attached to the backs of the dō "cuirass" by special fittings.Sashimono were worn both by foot soldiers, including the common soldiers known as ashigaru, [3] as well as by the elite samurai and members of the shogunate, [4] and in special holders on the horses of some cavalry.