East Asia · Ming, Joseon, Ryukyu and the later steppe
Warring States Japan
c. 1467–1600/1615
The Sengoku ("Warring States") period (c. 1467–1600/1615) was an era of near-constant civil war after the Ōnin War, when the Ashikaga shogunate lost control and regional daimyō warlords vied for power. It saw the introduction of European firearms and Christianity (from 1543).
- Existed
- c. 1467–1600/1615
- Shown on the map
- 1468–1601
- Peak area
- 359k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
The Sengoku ("Warring States") period (c. 1467–1600/1615) was an era of near-constant civil war after the Ōnin War, when the Ashikaga shogunate lost control and regional daimyō warlords vied for power. It saw the introduction of European firearms and Christianity (from 1543). The "three unifiers"—Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu—progressively reunified Japan; Nobunaga toppled the Ashikaga (1573), Hideyoshi completed unification and invaded Korea, and Ieyasu triumphed at Sekigahara (1600), founding the Tokugawa shogunate.
Common questions
- What were Warring States Japan?
- The Sengoku ("Warring States") period (c. 1467–1600/1615) was an era of near-constant civil war after the Ōnin War, when the Ashikaga shogunate lost control and regional daimyō warlords vied for power. It saw the introduction of European firearms and Christianity (from 1543).
- When did Warring States Japan exist?
- Warring States Japan existed c. 1467–1600/1615. On this map they are drawn 1468–1601.
- How large were Warring States Japan?
- At their greatest extent drawn on this map, Warring States Japan covered about 359,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives them across the years they are drawn, not necessarily their greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Sengoku period en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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