The Sengoku Period: Japan's Century of War

For roughly 150 years — from 1467 to 1603 — the Japanese archipelago was ruled by no one. Warlords called daimyō fought, betrayed, and married each other into a slow consolidation that ended with one man holding the country: Tokugawa Ieyasu.

This pillar page is the entry point for our Sengoku coverage. Topics expand into longer articles below.

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