Azuchi-Momoyama Period Timeline

Oda Nobunaga seizes Heiankyo (Kyoto) and is the dominant military leader in central Japan.

The Azuchi-Momoyama Period in Japan.

Oda Nobunaga attacks the Buddhist Enryakuji monastic complex near Kyoto.

Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki.

Oda Nobunaga wins the Battle of Nagashino.

Oda Nobunaga instigates a 'sword hunt' to confiscate all weapons from the Japanese peasantry.

Oda Nobunaga establishes a new headquarters at Azuchi castle.

Oda Nobunaga attacks the Buddhist temple-fortress of Ishiyama Honganji in Osaka using ship-mounted cannons.

The first version of Himeji Castle was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is the military leader of Japan.

Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi conduct an extensive land ownership survey across Japan.

Death of Oda Nobunaga.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi builds the huge Osaka castle.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi passes his first edict to banish Christian missionaries from Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi prohibits commoners from carrying weapons, including swords.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi rules that only full-rank samurai may carry two swords.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi builds the massive Odoi ("Great rampart") fortification wall around Heiankyo (Kyoto).

Toyotomi Hideyoshi redefines the class system of Japan.

Samurai are no longer permitted to farm their own land making them dependent on their lords for income.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi sends an army to invade Korea. It is not successful.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi builds the Fushimi Castle outside Heiankyo (Kyoto).

Toyotomi Hideyoshi passes his second edict to remove Christian missionaries from Japan and executes 26 Christians in Nagasaki.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi sends a second army to invade Korea. It is not successful.

Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the military leader of Japan.

Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Skeigahara against those generals who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son. End of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.

The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.