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1568 - 1582Oda Nobunaga seizes Heiankyo (Kyoto) and is the dominant military leader in central Japan.
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1568 - 1600The Azuchi-Momoyama Period in Japan.
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1571Oda Nobunaga attacks the Buddhist Enryakuji monastic complex near Kyoto.
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1573Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki.
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1575Oda Nobunaga wins the Battle of Nagashino.
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1576Oda Nobunaga instigates a 'sword hunt' to confiscate all weapons from the Japanese peasantry.
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1579Oda Nobunaga establishes a new headquarters at Azuchi castle.
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1580Oda Nobunaga attacks the Buddhist temple-fortress of Ishiyama Honganji in Osaka using ship-mounted cannons.
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1581The first version of Himeji Castle was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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1582 - 1598Toyotomi Hideyoshi is the military leader of Japan.
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1582 - 1598Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi conduct an extensive land ownership survey across Japan.
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21 Jun 1582Death of Oda Nobunaga.
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1586Toyotomi Hideyoshi builds the huge Osaka castle.
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1587Toyotomi Hideyoshi passes his first edict to banish Christian missionaries from Japan.
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1588Toyotomi Hideyoshi prohibits commoners from carrying weapons, including swords.
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1588Toyotomi Hideyoshi rules that only full-rank samurai may carry two swords.
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1591Toyotomi Hideyoshi builds the massive Odoi ("Great rampart") fortification wall around Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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1591Toyotomi Hideyoshi redefines the class system of Japan.
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1591Samurai are no longer permitted to farm their own land making them dependent on their lords for income.
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1592Toyotomi Hideyoshi sends an army to invade Korea. It is not successful.
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1594Toyotomi Hideyoshi builds the Fushimi Castle outside Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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1597Toyotomi Hideyoshi passes his second edict to remove Christian missionaries from Japan and executes 26 Christians in Nagasaki.
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1597Toyotomi Hideyoshi sends a second army to invade Korea. It is not successful.
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18 Sep 1598Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the military leader of Japan.
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1600Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara against those generals who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son. End of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.
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1603 - 1868The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.
