Warring States Japan

State · 1468–1601 CE · at its largest around 1595 CE

The Sengoku period, an era of near-constant warfare between regional daimyo after the Onin War weakened the Ashikaga shogunate, ended by the unification efforts of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Its battles, in Battle View

Battle of Sekigahara (1600 CE)

On its lands while it lasted

Joseon (1392–1897 CE): Dynasty founded by Yi Seong-gye with its capital at Hanseong (Seoul); it ruled Korea for five centuries.
Onin War (1467–1477 CE): Civil war that devastated Kyoto and began the Sengoku (Warring States) period.
Oda Nobunaga (1534 CE – 1582 CE): Daimyo who began the unification of Japan, based at Azuchi Castle.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537 CE – 1598 CE): Nobunaga's successor who completed the unification of Japan and invaded Korea.
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 CE – 1616 CE): Founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for over 260 years.
Portuguese reach Japan (1543 CE): Portuguese traders landed on Tanegashima, introducing firearms to Japan.
Yi Sun-sin (1545 CE – 1598 CE): Joseon admiral who repeatedly defeated Japanese fleets during the Imjin War.
Francis Xavier arrives in Japan (1549 CE): The Jesuit Francis Xavier landed at Kagoshima, beginning Christian missions in Japan.
Honno-ji Incident (1582 CE): Oda Nobunaga was forced to take his own life after his general Akechi Mitsuhide attacked him at Honno-ji temple.
Imjin War (1592–1598 CE): Toyotomi Hideyoshi's two invasions of Korea, repulsed by Korean and Ming forces.
Battle of Hansan Island (1592 CE): Yi Sun-sin destroyed a Japanese fleet using a crane-wing formation.
Turtle ship (1592 CE): Armoured Korean warships used by Yi Sun-sin against the Japanese navy.
Tohaku, Pine Trees (c. 1595 CE): Hasegawa Tohaku brushed a grove of pines in ink on a pair of folding screens, so they seem to drift in and out of mist. It is counted among the greatest of Japanese ink paintings.
Battle of Sekigahara (1600 CE): Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated a western coalition, securing control of Japan.
Tokaido (1601 CE): The most important of the Edo period’s Five Routes, the Tokaido ran along the Pacific coast from Edo to Kyoto with 53 post stations, famously depicted in prints by Hiroshige.