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During the Yayoi period, the Yayoi tribes gradually coalesced into a number of kingdoms. In the earliest written work to unambiguously mention Japan, the Book of Han, published in 111 AD, states that one hundred kingdoms comprised Japan, which is referred to as Wa.
During the Yayoi era, tribes coalesced into various kingdoms. The Book of Han, published in 111 CE, mentions that Japan, referred to as Wa, was composed of one hundred kingdoms. By 240 CE, according to the Book of Wei, [18] the kingdom of Yamatai, led by the female monarch Himiko, had gained prominence over the others. The exact location of ...
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Jun 28, 2019 · The Sengoku Period ( Sengoku Jidai, 1467-1568 CE), also known as the Warring States Period, was a turbulent and violent period of Japanese history when rival warlords or daimyo fought bitterly for control of Japan. The period falls within the Muromachi period ( Muromachi Jidai, 1333-1573 CE) of Japanese medieval history when the Ashikaga shogun ...
- Mark Cartwright
The Sengoku period ( Japanese: 戦国時代, Hepburn: Sengoku Jidai, lit. 'Warring States period') is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. Although the Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467) or Meiō incident (1493) is generally chosen as the ...
Jun 9, 2017 · One Japanese ruler known to have sent embassies to Chinese territory (238, 243, and c. 248 CE) and the most famous figure of the period was Queen Himiko (r. c.189-248 CE). Ruling over 100 kingdoms (or perhaps just the monarch of the most powerful one), the queen never married and lived in a castle served by 1,000 women. Himiko was also a ...
- Mark Cartwright
Japan - Feudalism, Shogunate, Edo Period: In the 1550–60 period the Sengoku daimyo, who had survived the wars of the previous 100 years, moved into an even fiercer stage of mutual conflict. These powerful daimyo were harassed not only by each other but also by the rise of common people within their domains. The daimyo sought to resolve their dilemma by acquiring land and people to widen ...
May 13, 2019 · The Meiji Restoration had propelled Japan into the modern era. It revised some unfair treaties that had favored foreign powers and won two wars, one against China in 1894-95 and one against Russia in 1904-05. With that, Japan had established itself as a major power on the global scale, prepared to stand toe to toe with the superpowers of the West.
