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  2. Sengoku period - Wikipedia

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    The Sengoku period, also known as Sengoku Jidai (Japanese: 戦国時代, Hepburn: 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.

  3. Category:16th century in Japan - Wikipedia

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    16th-century military history of Japan (1 C, 19 P) P. 16th-century Japanese people (7 C, 83 P) S. Sengoku period (9 C, 39 P) Y. Years of the 16th century in Japan (67 ...

  4. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, ... 16th century. Year Date Event 1523:

  5. List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868 - Wikipedia

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    A Portuguese Jesuit who established the first western hospital in Japan and negotiated the opening of the port of Yokoseura to Portuguese traders. [4] Gaspar Vilela (1556, Portugal). A Portuguese Jesuit who, in a departure from Xavier's methods, learned the Japanese language and talked directly with daimyos, opening the center of Japan to the ...

  6. Nanban trade - Wikipedia

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    In the 16th century, large junks belonging to private owners from Macau often accompanied the great ship to Japan, about two or three; these could reach about 400 or 500 tons burden. [18] After 1618, the Portuguese switched to using smaller and more maneuverable pinnaces and galliots, to avoid interception from Dutch raiders. [18]

  7. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    During the second half of the 16th century, Japan ... Emperor Shōwa's sixty-three-year reign from 1926 to 1989 is the longest in recorded Japanese history. ...

  8. Azuchi–Momoyama period - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Atakebune - Wikipedia

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    A 16th-century Japanese "Atakebune" coastal naval war vessel, bearing the symbol of the Tokugawa Clan. Murakami Navy's Atakebune model. Atakebune (安宅船) were Japanese warships of the 16th and 17th century used during the internecine Japanese wars for political control and unity of all Japan.