Edo period
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The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regio
Tokugawa Ieyasu, first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate
"En masse Attendance of Daimyo at Edo Castle on a Festive Day" from the Tokugawa Seiseiroku, National Museum of Japanese History
Honda Tadakatsu, a famous fudai daimyō of the early Edo period.
"Folding Screen Depicting Scenes of the Attendance of Daimyo at Edo Castle". National Museum of Japanese History.
Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was an era of civil war, political fragmentation and social change in Japanese history. It conventionally began with the Ōnin War in 1467, although the Kyōtoku incident of 1454 and
Edo period
…of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies…
Ōzutsu (Big Gun)
Japanese screen depicting the Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
Hosokawa Masamoto
Mōri Motonari