Sengoku period: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Warring States period
Date	1467 - 1600
Location	Japan

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Sengoku period Japan, c. 1570

Japan's first shogun

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Himeji Castle, Himeji, Japan

Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.

Edo Castle, Tokyo, Japan

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