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Azuchi-Momoyama period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Momoyama art (1573-1615), named after the hill on which Hideyoshi built his castle at Fushimi, south of the center of Kyoto, flourished during this period. It was a period of interest in the outside world, the development of large urban centers, and the rise of the merchant and leisure classes. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Ieyasu held supreme power over Japan beginning the Edo period, and finally in 1603 received the title of shogun officially establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azuchi-Momoyama_period   (1275 words)

Kano Eitoku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unfortunately, most of his works were ruined or destroyed in the turmoil of the Sengoku period, however those that do still exist provide testimony to his talent, power and wealth of his patrons Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, and magnificence of Azuchi-Momoyama culture. Kano Eitoku (狩野 永徳 Kanō Eitoku, February 16, 1543 - October 12, 1590) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history. The painter Hasegawa Tohaku was a contemporary and rival of Eitoku. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kano_Eitoku   (217 words)

Sengoku period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This period is the latter part of the Muromachi and the entire Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the History of Japan. It started in the late Muromachi period in 1467 with the Onin War (Onin no Ran 1467-1478), lasting through the entire Azuchi-Momoyama period, until final peace and order was achieved in 1615 of the Edo period. The Sengoku Period (戦国時代 Sengoku jidai) or "warring-states" period, is a period of long civil war in the History of Japan that spans through the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. www.encyclopedia-online.info /Sengoku   (585 words)

Edo period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa Shogunate which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is at the beginning of the Edo period that Japan built her first ocean-going Western-style warships, such as the San Juan Bautista, a 500-ton galleon-type ship that transported a Japanese embassy headed by Hasekura Tsunenaga to the Americas, which then continued to Europe. The cause for the end of this period is controversial but is recounted as the forcing of Japan's opening to the world by Cmdre Matthew Perry of the US Navy, whose armada (known by Japanese as "the black ships") fired weapons from Tokyo Bay. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edo_period   (4802 words)

4. Japan, 1542-1793. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History The process of political disintegration had already run its course by the period of national unification, or Azuchi-Momoyama period, and in these few decades, through the efforts of three great leaders, the nation was again united as the periphery was gradually subjugated by the military hegemons of the capital region. The artistic and intellectual spirit of the period contrasted sharply with what it had been in the Ashikaga era. Azuchi was destroyed at the time of Nobunaga's death. www.bartleby.com /67/857.html   (784 words)

Japan: A History To 1868 During the Azuchi-Momoyama period, which lasted from 1573-1600, Japan was torn with civil wars fought between provincial lords for supremacy. The Edo period, which lasted from 1600-1868, was the end of the constant warring of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The Yamato period, which lasted from circa 300 to 593, is the period when Japan "took its first steps to nationhood" because the ancestors of the present tenno, or "emperor of heaven", brought several small states under unified rule. pinters.com /reports/AncientJapan.shtml   (686 words)

Azuchi Momoyama Period The beginning of Azuchi-Momoyama period was after the Muromachi Shogun ate was collapsed. Azuchi Momoyama culture had less buddhism influence because of clamping down on the religion by Nobunaga and Hideyoshi. Nobunaga Oda, who was a general in The Age of Civil Wars and Azuchi Period, was the one who tried to unified country after the Ashikaga. www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/japan/momoyama/azuchi-momoyama-p.htm   (850 words)

Yayoi Depending upon the source, the Yayoi period is marked by the start of the practice of growing rice in a paddy field or a new style of pottery. A theory publicized in the early Meiji period argued that the Yayoi culture was brought to Japan by migrants from Korea. Following the Jomon period (10,000 BC to 300 BC), Yayoi culture flourished from southern Kyushu to northern Honshu. www.genesiskey.com /wiki/index.php?title=Yayoi   (1411 words)

Meiji period - Throughout the period, however, political problems were usually solved through compromise, and political parties gradually increased their power over the government and held an ever larger role in the political process as a result. The Meiji period (Japanese: 明治時代, Meiji-jidai) denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running from 8 September 1868 (in the Gregorian calendar, 23 October 1868) to 30 July 1912. A key foreign observer of the remarkable and rapid changes in Japanese society in this period was Ernest Satow, resident in Japan 1862–83 and 1895–1900. www.bangaloregrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Meiji_period   (2593 words)

Japanese history: Muromachi Period The political newcomers of the Muromachi period were members of land owning, military families (ji-samurai). The Northern court usually was in a more advantageous position; nevertheless, the South succeeded in capturing Kyoto several times for short time periods resulting in the destruction of the capital on a regular basis. The Muromachi district where the government buildings were located from 1378 gave the government and the historical period their names. www.japan-guide.com /e/e2134.html   (538 words)

Tokugawa shogunate Following the Sengoku Period of "warring states", central government had been largely re-established by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The Tokugawa period, unlike the shogunates before it, was based on the strict class hierarchy established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital based in Edo. www.4that.info /to/Tokugawa.html   (420 words)

peo_per1 The Azuchi-Momoyama period began late out of the Muromachi period also known as the Sengoku Period. That period marks the governance of the Edo or the Tokugawa which was established in 1603. The Yamoto period is the period where the Japanese Imperial court ruled. www.nisd.net /ward/Staff/gt_page/jap_wbpgs_03_04/jp_periods_1/peo_per1.html   (240 words)

Japanese Feudalism - Timeline In fact, Japan had a 250-year period of peace, which led to the decline of martial skills (as they were not needed). Near the end of the Heian Period, the two powerful military clans of Minamoto and Taira seized control and then began a civil war for complete domination. In 1467, a ten-year long war, the Onin no Ran caused the disintegration of the central government, and a period in which Japan was racked by civil war followed. projects.pisd.edu /webmastering/vines/japan/cont1.htm   (307 words)

peo_periods1 Most people don`t know this but the Azuchi and Momoyama period were in the same year, same place, and same time. The Genroku period was also the time when most of the conventions and stylizations of kabuki, including play structure, character types, and the art of the onnagata, took form. The period began in 1989 and we are still in it. www.nisd.net /ward/Staff/gt_page/jap_wbpgs_03_04/jp_periods/peo_periods1.html   (423 words)

Sewer History: Photos and Graphics In the Azuchi-momoyama Period (approximately 430 years ago), a stone culvert called the Taiko Sewerage was built around Osaka Castle. In the Nara Period (about 1,300 years ago), a drainage system network ran throughout the city in the Heijo-kyo capital area. The factory-made units can be built in a shorter period of time and at a lower cost than traditional construction methods. www.sewerhistory.org /grfx/wh_region/japan1.htm   (603 words)

16th century - Trade Encyclopedia Toyotomi Hideyoshi, daimyo of the Sengoku period of Japanese civil war. Following the long civil wars of the Sengoku period daimyos Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi attempt to unify Japan under their command. Oda Nobunaga, daimyo of the Sengoku period of Japanese civil war. www.bestbuy.tiptophot.com /trade/index.php?title=16th_century   (767 words)

StrangePig Also called Momoyama Period (1574–1600), in Japanese history, age of political unification under the daimyo Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who finally brought all provinces under the control of the central government. In contrast to the restraint of the preceding Muromachi, or Ashikaga, period (1338–1573), it was an age of magnificence and ostentation. strangepig.blogspot.com   (464 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - Azuchi-Momoyama Period The vibrant but chaotic Japan of the Warring States period was finally reunified in the 16th century in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, a short epoch of... Azuchi-Momoyama Period, pivotal period of Japanese history from 1568 to 1600. Japan : History : The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600) uk.encarta.msn.com /Azuchi-Momoyama_Period.html   (163 words)

History of Takasaki (Takasaki city in Azuchi-Momoyama Period) The Azuchi-Momoyama Period begins in 1573 and ends in 1600. History of Takasaki (Takasaki city in Azuchi-Momoyama Period) The area around Takasaki used to be called Wada, and Wada Yoshinobu constructed Wada Castle in the middle of Muromachi Period. www.glocalfive.net /tlg/en/history1_e.html   (225 words)

Japanese History The Azuchi-Momoyama Period is sometimes broken up into two seperate eras: Azuchi and Momoyama. He used his castle at Fushimi, near modern Momoyama, as a base of operations, and hence the name of this period. Three years later, work began on his castle at Azuchi. modzer0.cs.uaf.edu /~logan/JapaneseHistory/index.php?var=am-hst   (725 words)

Maritime Youth Exchange Program 2003: Educational Resources Write the correct period in the blank next to each event in Japanese history. Some periods will be used more than once. List one significant aspect (cultural, political, and/or military) of the Jomon period. www.lonesailor.org /histquestions.html   (405 words)

Nara period - Gurupedia Most of Japanese society during this period was agricultural in nature, centered around villages. Concentrated efforts by the imperial court to record and document its history produced the first works of Japanese literature during the Nara period. Most of the villagers followed the Shinto religion, based around the worship of natural and ancestral spirits (kami). www.gurupedia.com /n/na/nara_period.htm   (245 words)

Japanese Antique Edo Period Bizen-Ware Tokuri The Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568—1600) was Bizen's golden age. This sake tokkuri is a representative piece of early Edo period Bizen-ware. Vigorously shaped ware with rich gold, red, brown, and black surfaces, crisscrossed with rhythmic slashes of a bamboo knife, was made to suit the taste of tea masters Sen no Rikyu and Furuta Oribe. www.trocadero.com /Higoya/items/187948/item187948store.html   (172 words)

Japan Society, New York - Education The Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) was a short but spectacular epoch, a time of constant warfare but also of dramatic progress in the arts. First you will need to do thorough research in the library and online about the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600, also known as the Momoyama period) to familiarize yourself with the cultural, political and military events that took place at the time. The plot can be fictional but the story has to be believable and in keeping with the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. www.japansociety.org /education/course_detail.cfm?id_course=1050722081   (1842 words)

ICHIGO Version 5 This setting, in fact, is in Japan around the end of 1500s, in a period called Azuchi-Momoyama in the Japanese history. There were three dictators that ruled the country during that period, and they were Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Although this story is fictional, almost all of the characters are actual historical figures, and the plot was based on a historical incident. www10.brinkster.com /ichigohime/5/c/wi.html   (360 words)

Tea ceremony Chanoyu, the Japanese tea ceremony is a traditional ritual that was started by Sen no Rikyu in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The doctrine of this tea ceremony is "Treasure every meeting, for it will never recur;" its main purpose is to welcome visitors. www.fastload.org /te/Tea_ceremony.html   (154 words)

Kemmu restoration - It marks the three year period between the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and the rise of the Ashikaga shogunate, when Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to re-established Imperial control (but failed). The Kemmu Restoration (建武の新政; Kemmu no shinsei) was a period of Japanese history that occurred from 1333 to 1336 AD. Image:Torii of Itsukushima - 30 pixels high.jpg This Japanese history-related article is a stub. psychcentral.com /psypsych/Kemmu_restoration   (131 words)

Osaka Tourist Guide Toyotomi Hideyoshi (a samurai worrier in the Azuchi Momoyama Period) constructed this castle using stones from a wall at the Ishiyama Honganji Temple. It was completely reconstructed in the Edo Period. What we can see now is the stone wall the Edo Period. www.octb.jp /english/search/detail.cgi?id=02531&Level=6   (143 words)

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