Azuchi–Momoyama period

The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600.

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Azuchi–Momoyama period 安土桃山時代 Azuchi–Momoyama jidai
1568–1600
Mon of the Oda Clan (1568–1582) Mon of the Toyotomi Clan (1585–1615)
Capital	Heian-kyō (Emperor's residence) Azuchi (Shogun's residence) (1568–1582) Heian-kyō (1582–1600)
Largest city	Heian-kyō (1568–1596) Osaka (1596–1600)
Common languages	Late Middle Japanese
Government	Feudal confederal military dictatorship
Emperor
• 1557–1586	Ōgimachi
• 1586–1611	Go-Yōzei
Shōgun
• 1568–1573	Ashikaga Yoshiaki
• 1582–1582	Akechi Mitsuhide
Head of government
• 1568–1582	Oda Nobunaga
• 1582–1582	Akechi Mitsuhide
• 1583–1598	Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• 1598–1600	Council of Five Elders
Legislature	None (1568–1598) Council of Five Elders (1598–1600)
History
• Oda Nobunaga captures Kyoto	October 18, 1568
• Ashikaga shogunate abolished	September 2, 1573
• Death of Oda Nobunaga	June 21, 1582
• Battle of Yamasaki	July 2, 1582
• Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi	September 18, 1598
• Council of Five Elders	1598
• Battle of Sekigahara	October 21, 1600
Currency	Mon
Preceded by Succeeded by Ashikaga shogunate Oda clan Toyotomi clan Tokugawa shogunate
Emperor's residence and de jure capital of Japan. Oda Nobunaga's residence and de facto capital of Japan.

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After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period. In 1568, Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th and ultimately final Ashikaga shōgun. This entrance marked the start of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

Nobunaga overthrew Yoshiaki and dissolved the Ashikaga Shogunate in 1573, launching a war of conquest to politically unify Japan by force from his base in Azuchi. Nobunaga was forced to commit suicide in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582. His successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed Nobunaga's campaign of unification and enacted reforms to consolidate his rule, marking the end of the Sengoku period. Hideyoshi launched the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592, but the invasion's failure damaged his prestige, and his young son and successor Toyotomi Hideyori was challenged by Tokugawa Ieyasu after Hideyoshi's death in 1598.

The Azuchi–Momoyama period ended with the Tokugawa victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 – unofficially establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate and beginning the Edo period.[1] The Azuchi–Momoyama period encompassed the transition of Japanese society from the pre-modern to the early modern period. The Azuchi–Momoyama period is named after Nobunaga's Azuchi Castle and Hideyoshi's Momoyama Castle, and is also known as the Shokuhō period (織豊時代, Shokuhō jidai) in some Japanese texts, abridged from the surnames of the period's two leaders in on-yomi: Shoku (織) for Oda (織田) plus Hō (豊) for Toyotomi (豊臣).[1]