Emperor Go-Yōzei was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period.
Image: Emperor Go Yozei 3
Image: Emperor Go Yozei kao
The Azuchi–Momoyama period was the final phase of the Sengoku period in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's battlefield vest
1584 Japan-Ming trade ship flag, inscribed with the signatures and kaō, or stylized signatures, of three Ming merchants; to be raised the following year upon arrival in what is now Shimonoseki (Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives)