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The 36 pages that link to Sengoku period, each with the reason it gives.

• Edo periodNarrower topic: Its wars created the conditions for reunification under Tokugawa rule.

• Tokugawa shogunateNarrower topic: The shogunate’s founders rose amid the conflicts that preceded national unification.

• Tokugawa IeyasuNarrower topic: Its competing warlords created the conditions for Ieyasu’s rise.

• Oda NobunagaNarrower topic: Its competing warlords and unstable alliances shaped the conditions for Nobunaga’s rise.

• Ashikaga shogunateBroader topic: The shogunate’s fragmentation gave way to this era of decentralized warfare.

• DaimyoRelated: Regional warlords expanded their power amid the breakdown of central authority.

• Muromachi periodBroader topic: The weakening of Ashikaga rule fed the conflicts that followed.

• Imjin WarNarrower topic: Its wars preceded Hideyoshi’s unification and the overseas military ambitions that followed.

• ShogunRelated: Its conflicts created the conditions for renewed military unification under a shogun.

• Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)Narrower topic: The invasions followed decades of warfare that left Hideyoshi with a large military force.

• Seven SamuraiNarrower topic: The film is set amid the instability and armed conflict associated with this era.

• Ashikaga TakaujiNarrower topic: The weakening of Ashikaga rule eventually opened the way to this age of decentralized conflict.

• Ōnin WarBroader topic: The war's aftermath helped create the fragmented political order associated with this period.

• ShugoBroader topic: The breakdown of central control let some shugo and other warlords rule independently.

• Battle of NagashinoNarrower topic: Nagashino was one clash in the period’s contests among regional warlords.

• JujutsuNarrower topic: Warfare and the rise of warrior houses formed part of the setting for early grappling traditions.

• Siege of OsakaNarrower topic: The siege is often treated as the final armed struggle rooted in the age of civil war.

• Azuchi–Momoyama periodNarrower topic: The fragmented Sengoku order was the political landscape Nobunaga and Hideyoshi sought to overcome.

• Takeda ShingenNarrower topic: Shingen’s government and campaigns arose from this competition among regional warlords.

• Genkō WarCompared with: Its fragmented warfare contrasts with the focused overthrow of a centralized shogunate.

• Ashikaga YoshimasaNarrower topic: The Ōnin War that erupted during Yoshimasa’s rule helped usher in this era.

• Honnō-ji IncidentNarrower topic: The coup unfolded amid the competition for power that Nobunaga was bringing toward an end.

• Nanban tradeNarrower topic: Rival lords competed to attract foreign ships and the weapons they carried.

• Himeji CastleNarrower topic: The site’s first major fortifications arose amid this era’s military competition.

• Uesugi KenshinNarrower topic: Kenshin’s rise and territorial struggles unfolded amid the period’s competing warlords.

• Battle of MikatagaharaNarrower topic: The battle was one episode in the wider contests among Sengoku warlords.

• HimejiNarrower topic: Himeji Castle’s early growth took place amid the contests for regional control that defined this era.

• History of JapanBroader topic: Competing regional lords weakened central authority before national unification.

• Honda TadakatsuNarrower topic: His rise unfolded during the wars that enabled Ieyasu’s expansion.

• Izumo no OkuniNarrower topic: Okuni’s rise followed the upheaval that preceded Japan’s early modern order.

• Battle of OkehazamaNarrower topic: The battle unfolded amid the shifting alliances and campaigns of Japan’s warring states.

• Mōri MotonariNarrower topic: Motonari’s career unfolded amid competition among regional warlords for land and authority.

• Sanada YukimuraNarrower topic: Yukimura’s family gained power amid the conflicts that defined this era.

• Mochizuki ChiyomeNarrower topic: The clan’s struggles and Chiyome’s traditional setting belong to this era.

• Ryōtarō ShibaRelated: Shiba’s historical novels also revisit the warlord politics of this earlier era.

• TenbunNarrower topic: Tenbun falls within this era of competing regional powers.