The Sengoku Period, or Warring States Period, was a time of social upheaval and constant military conflict from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century
Timeline of key stages of Japan’s Age of War:
1467 Onin War begins
1477 Onin War officially ends
1494 Hojo capture Odawara
1543 Arrival of Europeans in Japan bringing muskets
1545 Night battle of Kawagoe
1549 Muskets first used in war at the Kajiki siege
1560 Battle of Okehazama makes Oda Nobunaga powerful
1571 Destruction of the warrior monks of Mount Hiei by Nobunaga
1573 Death of Takeda Shingen
1574 Siege of the warrior monk castle of Nagashima
1575 Siege and battle of Nagashino with volley firing
1576 Building of Azuchi castle
1578 Death of Uesugi Kenshin
1580 Surrender of Ikko-ikki headquarters of Ishiyama Honganji
1581 Siege of Tottori by starvation
1582 Murder of Oda Nobunaga, Battleof Yamazaki
1583 Battle of Shizugatake gives Hideyoshi much control
1584 Battles of Komaki and Nagakute
1586 Building of Osaka castle
1587 Invasion of Kyushu by Hideyoshi
1590 Final siege of Odawara
1591 Siege of Kunoe – unification of Japan completed
1592 First invasion of Korea
1593 Japanese withdraw from Korea
1597 Second invasion of Korea
1598 Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and final withdrawal
1600 Battle of Sekigahara
1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes Shogun
1615 Death of Toyotomi Hideyori at Osaka
