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Sengoku to Tokugawa: consolidation of Japan’s feudal order (1467–1639)

Sengoku to Tokugawa: consolidation of Japan’s feudal order (1467–1639)

  1. Ōnin War begins, devastating Kyoto

    Labels: nin War, Ky to, Ashikaga shogunate

  2. Meiō Coup further weakens Ashikaga rule

    Labels: Mei Coup, Ashikaga Yoshiki, Ashikaga Yoshit

  3. Nobunaga enters Kyoto, backing Ashikaga Yoshiaki

    Labels: Oda Nobunaga, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ky to

  4. Battle of Nagashino highlights massed firearms

    Labels: Battle of, Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu

  5. Hideyoshi initiates nationwide Taikō land surveys

    Labels: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Taik kenchi, land surveys

  6. Honnō-ji Incident kills Oda Nobunaga

    Labels: Honn -ji, Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide

  7. Hideyoshi issues nationwide sword hunt edict

    Labels: Sword Hunt, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, katanagari

  8. Hideyoshi promulgates Separation Edict (status controls)

    Labels: Separation Edict, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, status system

  9. Battle of Sekigahara decides Tokugawa supremacy

    Labels: Battle of, Tokugawa Ieyasu, eastern coalition

  10. Ieyasu appointed shōgun, inaugurating Tokugawa shogunate

    Labels: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa shogunate, imperial court

  11. Siege of Osaka destroys Toyotomi military challenge

    Labels: Siege of, Toyotomi clan, Tokugawa forces

  12. Tokugawa issues Laws for the Military Houses

    Labels: Buke shohatto, Tokugawa shogunate, daimyo laws

  13. Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu stabilizes succession

    Labels: Tokugawa Ieyasu, death, succession

  14. Sankin-kōtai inaugurated to discipline daimyo

    Labels: Sankin-k tai, Tokugawa Iemitsu, Edo

  15. Shimabara Rebellion intensifies anti-Christian policy

    Labels: Shimabara Rebellion, Catholic Christians, peasant uprising

  16. Final sakoku order bars Portuguese ships

    Labels: Sakoku, Tokugawa shogunate, Portuguese ban