Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Sengoku period

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Sengoku period

戦国時代
alternative words: Sengoku jidai, Sengokujidai, Sengoku era, Warring States period, Civil war period, Sengoku
keywords: epoch
related topics: Onin war , Azuchi Momoyama period , Oda Nobunaga , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Battle of Sekigahara , Tanegashima rifle
related web sites: http://www.jidaimura.co.jp/ise/ise01.htm , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~mh6h-ecg/ksn/ , http://www2.justnet.ne.jp/~katuzen/ , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~jt7t-imfk/ , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yu9t-skrd/link/
explanation: In a narrow sense, it corresponds to the period which spans between Onin war (Onin no ran) in 1467 and the entry of Oda Nobunaga into Kyoto in 1568, but in a broader sense, it could include up to the establishment of Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. As its name indicates, there had existed many battles small or large everywhere in Japan and war tactics had been greatly improved in particular after an introduction of guns by Portuguese in 1543. Christian missionaries were also active.