Sengoku period

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the period name?Sengoku jidai (戦国時代), translating to 'Warring States period'
2. What was the Sengoku period in Japan?It was a time of many wars when powerful lords fought for control, lasting from the late 1400s to the early 1600s.
3. Why did the Ashikaga shogunate lose its power?Internal fights and outside pressures weakened it, so the central government fell apart and local lords gained power.

Sengoku daimyo: Powerful regional feudal lords who wielded significant military and political power during the Sengoku period.
Gekokujō: A Japanese term meaning 'the lower overcoming the higher', describing the social phenomenon of subordinates overthrowing their superiors.
Ashikaga shogunate: The military government of Japan that existed from 1336 to 1573, whose weakening authority characterized the start of the Sengoku period.
Great Unifiers: The collective title for Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, credited with ending the Sengoku period and unifying Japan.