Sengoku Period Timeline

The Muromachi period of medieval Japan.

The Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate rules Japan.

The Onin War between rival warlords rages in Japan.

The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan.

The first European contact is made with Japan when three Portuguese traders have their ship blown onto the shores of southern Kyushu.

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