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Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and the reunification of Japan, ending at the battle of Sekigahara.

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Azuchi–Momoyama Period · 1568–1600 AD
安土桃山 · The Unifiers

The Azuchi–Momoyama Period

From Oda Nobunaga's brutal campaigns to unite Japan, through Toyotomi Hideyoshi's completion of the conquest, his sword hunt and grand castles, and the doomed invasions of Korea, to the decisive clash at Sekigahara that made Tokugawa Ieyasu master of the realm. Slide across a short, violent generation of gunfire and gold-leaf, when three warlords ended a century of chaos and forged the modern Japanese state.

1568 AD
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1568 AD

Oda Nobunaga
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    Nobunaga enters Kyoto

    A depiction of Nobunaga's Azuchi Castle
    Via Wikimedia Commons

    Oda Nobunaga marches into the capital and begins the ruthless reunification of a shattered Japan.

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The Azuchi–Momoyama Period

From Oda Nobunaga's brutal campaigns to unite Japan, through Toyotomi Hideyoshi's completion of the conquest, his sword hunt and grand castles, and the doomed invasions of Korea, to the decisive clash at Sekigahara that made Tokugawa Ieyasu master of the realm. Slide across a short, violent generation of gunfire and gold-leaf, when three warlords ended a century of chaos and forged the modern Japanese state.

  1. Oda Nobunaga

    • Nobunaga enters Kyoto

      Oda Nobunaga marches into the capital and begins the ruthless reunification of a shattered Japan.

  2. Oda Nobunaga

    • The Battle of Nagashino

      At Nagashino, Nobunaga's massed gunners cut down the famous cavalry of the Takeda, proving the new warfare.

  3. The Honnō-ji Incident

    • The death of Nobunaga

      Betrayed by his general Akechi Mitsuhide, Nobunaga is trapped at the Honnō-ji temple and dies as it burns.

  4. Toyotomi Hideyoshi

    • Hideyoshi's sword hunt

      Master of Japan, Hideyoshi disarms the peasantry and freezes the social order between warrior and farmer.

  5. The Korean Invasions

    • The invasions of Korea

      Hideyoshi hurls vast armies against Korea in a bid to conquer Ming China, only to be ground down and repulsed.

  6. The Battle of Sekigahara

    • The Battle of Sekigahara

      Tokugawa Ieyasu triumphs at Sekigahara, the decisive battle that leaves him the undisputed master of Japan.