# The Sengoku period: the unification of Japan, 1560–1615 > Interactive animated map on Moving Polygons by chrisjager, 5 Jun 1560 – 1 Aug 1615: 113 keyframes, 70 layers, 37 events. - Map: https://www.movingpolygons.com/map/chrisjager/the-sengoku-period-the-unification-of-japan-15601615 - Article: [The Sengoku Period, 1560–1615: How Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu Unified Japan, on One Map](https://www.movingpolygons.com/blog/sengoku-period-unification-of-japan-map-1560-1615) - Embed: `` - Last updated: 2026-10-31 ## About this map Fifty-five years of the Warring States period, from Okehazama (1560) to the fall of Osaka Castle (1615): how Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu forced a realm of rival daimyō into one. Each colour is a clan's domain, province by province and district by district; paler red = Oda allies and generals, pale gold = lords under Toyotomi rule, grey = smaller lords, leagues and temples. In 1600 the map splits into Ieyasu's Eastern army (light blue) and the Western army (wine red). The stitched tokens are the armies of the great campaigns. Sources: M. E. Berry, Hideyoshi; J. Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus; G. Sansom, A History of Japan 1334–1615; Cambridge History of Japan vol. 4; S. Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook; Japanese Wikipedia province and castle articles. Dates Julian before October 1582, Gregorian after. Borders: 『旧国・旧郡境界データセット』(CODH) 「幕末明治地勢地図境界データ」(人間文化研究機構)を加工, doi:10.20676/00000454, CC BY-NC 4.0. ## Timeline The map animates between these keyframes. | Date | What the map shows | | --- | --- | | 5 Jun 1560 | 1560 · Imagawa Yoshimoto marches on Owari | | 9 Jun 1560 | 9 Jun 1560 · Imagawa army at Okazaki | | 11 Jun 1560 | 11 Jun 1560 · Yoshimoto camps at Kutsukake | | 12 Jun 1560 | 12 Jun 1560, 8 am · Nobunaga prays at Atsuta | | 12 Jun 1560 | 12 Jun 1560, 2 pm · Okehazama: Yoshimoto killed | | 16 Jun 1560 | 1560 · Motoyasu (Ieyasu) back in Okazaki | | 24 Sep 1561 | Sep 1561 · Kenshin camps on Mount Saijō | | 7 Oct 1561 | Oct 1561 · Shingen at Kaizu Castle | | 18 Oct 1561 | 1561 · Fourth battle of Kawanakajima | | 30 Oct 1561 | 1561 · Both armies go home | | 10 Aug 1564 | 1564 · Miyoshi Nagayoshi dies | | 8 Jan 1567 | 1567 · Mōri take Gassan-Toda: Amago fall | | 27 Sep 1567 | 1567 · Nobunaga takes Inabayama, renames it Gifu | | 21 Oct 1568 | Oct 1568 · Nobunaga marches from Gifu | | 27 Oct 1568 | Oct 1568 · Kannonji falls; Rokkaku flee | | 9 Nov 1568 | 1568 · Nobunaga enters Kyoto with Yoshiaki | | 25 Nov 1568 | 1568 · Yoshiaki made shogun | | 15 Oct 1569 | 1569 · Imagawa realm split; Ise subdued | | 20 Jul 1570 | Jul 1570 · Oda and Tokugawa march on Odani | | 30 Jul 1570 | 1570 · Anegawa: Asai and Asakura beaten | | 28 Sep 1570 | 1570 · Ishiyama Hongan-ji rises against Oda | | 30 Sep 1571 | 1571 · Nobunaga burns Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei | | 8 Nov 1572 | Nov 1572 · Shingen marches west | | 14 Nov 1572 | Nov 1572 · Takeda enter Tōtōmi | | 19 Nov 1572 | Nov 1572 · Hitokotozaka: Tokugawa scouts beaten | | 4 Jan 1573 | Jan 1573 · Futamata Castle falls | | 25 Jan 1573 | Jan 1573 · Mikatagahara: Shingen routs Ieyasu | | 17 Mar 1573 | Mar 1573 · Takeda take Noda in Mikawa | | 13 May 1573 | May 1573 · Shingen dies at Komaba | | 25 May 1573 | 1573 · The Takeda go home | | 26 Sep 1573 | 1573 · Asakura and Asai destroyed, shogun exiled | | 20 Oct 1574 | 1574 · Nagashima massacre; Echizen ikki rises | | 25 May 1575 | May 1575 · Katsuyori marches into Mikawa | | 16 Jun 1575 | Jun 1575 · Takeda besiege Nagashino | | 26 Jun 1575 | Jun 1575 · Palisades at Shitarahara | | 28 Jun 1575 | 1575 · Nagashino: Oda guns break the Takeda | | 10 Oct 1575 | 1575 · Echizen retaken; Chōsokabe unite Tosa | | 3 Nov 1577 | 1577 · Tedorigawa: Kenshin beats the Oda | | 10 Dec 1578 | 1578 · Mimigawa: Shimazu crush the Ōtomo | | 10 Aug 1580 | 1580 · Hongan-ji gives up Ishiyama | | 15 Nov 1581 | 1581 · Tottori starved out; Iga crushed | | 1 Mar 1582 | Mar 1582 · Oda invade the Takeda lands | | 25 Mar 1582 | Mar 1582 · Takatō falls; Katsuyori flees Shinpu | | 3 Apr 1582 | Apr 1582 · Fall of the Takeda | | 20 Jun 1582 | 20 Jun 1582 · Mitsuhide leaves Kameyama | | 21 Jun 1582 | 21 Jun 1582 · Honnō-ji: Nobunaga betrayed | | 24 Jun 1582 | 24 Jun 1582 · Peace at Takamatsu; Akechi at Azuchi | | 26 Jun 1582 | 26 Jun 1582 · Hideyoshi back at Himeji | | 30 Jun 1582 | 30 Jun 1582 · Hideyoshi at Amagasaki | | 2 Jul 1582 | 2 Jul 1582 · Yamazaki: Hideyoshi avenges him | | 3 Jul 1582 | 3 Jul 1582 · Mitsuhide killed fleeing | | 14 Dec 1582 | 1582 · Oda lands shared out; Kai to Tokugawa | | 4 Apr 1583 | Apr 1583 · Shibata Katsuie marches south | | 7 Jun 1583 | Jun 1583 · Hideyoshi turns on Gifu | | 10 Jun 1583 | 10 Jun 1583 · Sakuma storms Ōiwa fort | | 10 Jun 1583 | 10 Jun 1583, night · Hideyoshi's 52 km ride | | 11 Jun 1583 | 11 Jun 1583 · Shizugatake | | 14 Jun 1583 | 1583 · Shizugatake: Shibata Katsuie destroyed | | 16 Jun 1583 | 1583 · Hideyoshi master of Echizen | | 24 Apr 1584 | Apr 1584 · Stand-off at Komaki | | 4 May 1584 | 4 May 1584 · Okitanawate: Ryūzōji Takanobu killed | | 17 May 1584 | 17 May 1584 · Ikeda's raid reaches Iwasaki | | 18 May 1584 | 1584 · Komaki–Nagakute; Okitanawate | | 5 Jun 1584 | 1584 · Peace talks | | 10 Jul 1585 | Jul 1585 · Three armies sail for Shikoku | | 25 Jul 1585 | Jul 1585 · Landings in Awa, Sanuki and Iyo | | 20 Aug 1585 | Aug 1585 · Chōsokabe submit | | 20 Sep 1585 | 1585 · Hideyoshi takes Kii, Shikoku, Etchū | | 20 Jan 1587 | Jan 1587 · Hetsugigawa: Shimazu at their height | | 8 Apr 1587 | Apr 1587 · Hideyoshi sets out for Kyushu | | 5 May 1587 | May 1587 · Hideyoshi lands at Kokura | | 24 May 1587 | May 1587 · Takajō: Hidenaga beats the Shimazu | | 6 Jun 1587 | Jun 1587 · Sendai river | | 13 Jun 1587 | Jun 1587 · Kyushu submits to Hideyoshi | | 20 Jun 1587 | 1587 · Kyushu shared out | | 17 Jul 1589 | 1589 · Suriagehara: Date destroy the Ashina | | 4 Apr 1590 | Apr 1590 · Hideyoshi marches on the Hōjō | | 28 Apr 1590 | Apr 1590 · Armies gather at Numazu | | 6 May 1590 | May 1590 · Siege of Odawara begins | | 7 Jul 1590 | Jul 1590 · Date Masamune submits at Odawara | | 24 Jul 1590 | Jul 1590 · Hachiōji stormed | | 4 Aug 1590 | Aug 1590 · Odawara surrenders: Hōjō fall | | 7 Sep 1590 | Sep 1590 · Ōshū settlement: Japan unified | | 25 Sep 1590 | 1590 · Unification | | 20 Apr 1592 | Apr 1592 · Armies gather at Nagoya in Hizen | | 23 May 1592 | 1592 · Invasion of Korea begins | | 20 Aug 1595 | 1595 · Hidetsugu purged; Gamō heirs shrink | | 28 Aug 1597 | 1597 · Second invasion of Korea | | 18 Sep 1598 | 1598 · Hideyoshi dies; Uesugi now in Aizu | | 16 Dec 1598 | Dec 1598 · Noryang: the last troops leave Korea | | 20 Dec 1598 | 1598 · The regents rule for Hideyori | | 25 Jul 1600 | Jul 1600 · Ieyasu marches against Uesugi | | 27 Aug 1600 | Aug 1600 · East against West | | 2 Sep 1600 | Sep 1600 · Oyama council: the East turns west | | 8 Sep 1600 | Sep 1600 · Fushimi falls to the West | | 29 Sep 1600 | Sep 1600 · Eastern vanguard takes Gifu | | 7 Oct 1600 | Oct 1600 · Ieyasu leaves Edo | | 14 Oct 1600 | Oct 1600 · Hidetada held up at Ueda | | 20 Oct 1600 | 20 Oct 1600 · Armies face each other at Ōgaki | | 21 Oct 1600 | 21 Oct 1600 · Sekigahara | | 20 Nov 1600 | 1600 · Ieyasu in Osaka | | 1 Jun 1601 | 1601 · The victors redraw the map | | 24 Mar 1603 | 1603 · Ieyasu becomes shōgun | | 1 Jun 1607 | 1607 · Ieyasu retires to Sunpu | | 28 Apr 1611 | 1611 · Ieyasu meets Hideyori at Nijō | | 13 Nov 1614 | Nov 1614 · Ieyasu marches on Osaka | | 19 Dec 1614 | Dec 1614 · Winter siege of Osaka | | 3 Jan 1615 | Jan 1615 · Sanada-maru holds | | 22 Jan 1615 | Jan 1615 · Truce; Osaka's moats filled | | 1 May 1615 | May 1615 · Ieyasu marches again | | 3 Jun 1615 | 3 Jun 1615 · Tennōji: Sanada killed | | 4 Jun 1615 | 4 Jun 1615 · Osaka Castle falls | | 1 Aug 1615 | 1615 · Peace in the realm (Genna enbu) | ## Layers | Layer | First shown | Last keyframe | | --- | --- | --- | | Oda (Nobunaga and his heirs) | 5 Jun 1560 | 28 Apr 1611 | | Oda allies, vassals and generals | 27 Sep 1567 | 20 Sep 1585 | | Akechi Mitsuhide (June 1582) | 21 Jun 1582 | 2 Jul 1582 | | Hashiba / Toyotomi (Hideyoshi, Hideyori) | 2 Jul 1582 | 4 Jun 1615 | | Daimyō under Toyotomi rule | 2 Jul 1582 | 27 Aug 1600 | | Tokugawa (Matsudaira until 1566) | 18 Oct 1561 | 4 Jun 1615 | | Eastern army 1600, then allied outside lords | 27 Aug 1600 | 24 Mar 1603 | | Western army (1600) | 27 Aug 1600 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Takeda | 5 Jun 1560 | 3 Apr 1582 | | Uesugi (Nagao until 1561) | 5 Jun 1560 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Late Hōjō | 5 Jun 1560 | 4 Aug 1590 | | Imagawa | 5 Jun 1560 | 15 Oct 1569 | | Saitō of Mino | 5 Jun 1560 | 27 Sep 1567 | | Asai | 5 Jun 1560 | 26 Sep 1573 | | Asakura | 5 Jun 1560 | 26 Sep 1573 | | Miyoshi | 5 Jun 1560 | 18 May 1584 | | Hongan-ji and the Ikkō-ikki | 5 Jun 1560 | 10 Aug 1580 | | Mōri | 5 Jun 1560 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Amago | 5 Jun 1560 | 8 Jan 1567 | | Ukita | 10 Oct 1575 | 27 Aug 1600 | | Chōsokabe | 5 Jun 1560 | 27 Aug 1600 | | Ōtomo | 5 Jun 1560 | 20 Aug 1595 | | Ryūzōji (Nabeshima) | 5 Jun 1560 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Shimazu | 5 Jun 1560 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Date | 5 Jun 1560 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Ashina | 5 Jun 1560 | 17 Jul 1589 | | Mogami | 5 Jun 1560 | 24 Mar 1603 | | Nanbu | 5 Jun 1560 | 1 Jun 1601 | | Satake | 5 Jun 1560 | 24 Mar 1603 | | Satake (moved to Akita in 1602) | 24 Mar 1603 | 24 Mar 1603 | | Satomi | 5 Jun 1560 | 19 Dec 1614 | | Smaller lords, leagues and temples | 5 Jun 1560 | 7 Sep 1590 | | Imagawa Yoshimoto's army (1560) | 5 Jun 1560 | 16 Jun 1560 | | Oda Nobunaga's army (1560) | 11 Jun 1560 | 16 Jun 1560 | | Uesugi Kenshin's army (1561) | 24 Sep 1561 | 30 Oct 1561 | | Takeda Shingen's army (1561) | 24 Sep 1561 | 30 Oct 1561 | | Oda Nobunaga's march on Kyoto (1568) | 21 Oct 1568 | 25 Nov 1568 | | Oda and Tokugawa at Anegawa (1570) | 20 Jul 1570 | 28 Sep 1570 | | Takeda Shingen's western campaign (1572–73) | 8 Nov 1572 | 25 May 1573 | | Tokugawa Ieyasu's army (1572–73) | 14 Nov 1572 | 17 Mar 1573 | | Takeda Katsuyori's army (1575) | 25 May 1575 | 10 Oct 1575 | | Oda Nobunaga's relief army (1575) | 16 Jun 1575 | 10 Oct 1575 | | Oda Nobutada's invasion of Shinano (1582) | 1 Mar 1582 | 20 Jun 1582 | | Takeda Katsuyori's flight (1582) | 25 Mar 1582 | 20 Jun 1582 | | Akechi Mitsuhide's army (1582) | 20 Jun 1582 | 3 Jul 1582 | | Hashiba Hideyoshi's Great Return (1582) | 20 Jun 1582 | 3 Jul 1582 | | Ieyasu's flight through Iga (1582) | 21 Jun 1582 | 26 Jun 1582 | | Shibata Katsuie's army (1583) | 4 Apr 1583 | 16 Jun 1583 | | Hashiba Hideyoshi's army (1583) | 4 Apr 1583 | 16 Jun 1583 | | Tokugawa Ieyasu's army (1584) | 24 Apr 1584 | 5 Jun 1584 | | Hashiba Hideyoshi's army (1584) | 24 Apr 1584 | 5 Jun 1584 | | Ikeda Tsuneoki's raid on Mikawa (1584) | 4 May 1584 | 5 Jun 1584 | | Shimazu Iehisa's army (1584) | 24 Apr 1584 | 17 May 1584 | | Hashiba Hidenaga's Shikoku invasion (1585) | 10 Jul 1585 | 20 Sep 1585 | | Ukita and Hachisuka in Sanuki (1585) | 10 Jul 1585 | 20 Sep 1585 | | Kobayakawa Takakage in Iyo (1585) | 10 Jul 1585 | 20 Sep 1585 | | Shimazu armies in Bungo (1586–87) | 20 Jan 1587 | 20 Jun 1587 | | Hideyoshi's Kyushu campaign (1587) | 8 Apr 1587 | 20 Jun 1587 | | Hidenaga's column through Hyūga (1587) | 8 Apr 1587 | 20 Jun 1587 | | Hideyoshi's army against Odawara (1590) | 4 Apr 1590 | 25 Sep 1590 | | Tokugawa Ieyasu at Odawara (1590) | 4 Apr 1590 | 25 Sep 1590 | | Maeda and Uesugi: the northern army (1590) | 4 Apr 1590 | 7 Sep 1590 | | Date Masamune comes to Odawara (1590) | 6 May 1590 | 24 Jul 1590 | | Japanese invasion army (Korea, 1592–98) | 20 Apr 1592 | 20 Dec 1598 | | Tokugawa Ieyasu's army (1600) | 25 Jul 1600 | 20 Nov 1600 | | Tokugawa Hidetada on the Nakasendō (1600) | 2 Sep 1600 | 20 Nov 1600 | | Eastern vanguard: Fukushima and Ikeda (1600) | 8 Sep 1600 | 20 Nov 1600 | | Ishida Mitsunari and the Western army (1600) | 27 Aug 1600 | 20 Nov 1600 | | Tokugawa army: winter siege of Osaka (1614) | 13 Nov 1614 | 1 May 1615 | | Tokugawa army: summer campaign (1615) | 1 May 1615 | 1 Aug 1615 | ## Events - **12 Jun 1560, Battle of Okehazama**: In a thunderstorm Oda Nobunaga's 2,000–3,000 men surprised Imagawa Yoshimoto's camp, many times their number, and killed him. The Imagawa never recovered, and Matsudaira Motoyasu (the later Tokugawa Ieyasu) went home to Okazaki as his own master. - **18 Oct 1561, Fourth battle of Kawanakajima**: The bloodiest of five clashes between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen on the plain south of Zenkōji. Both sides lost heavily; neither won the northern Shinano districts outright, which stayed contested until the Takeda took them over in the mid-1560s. - **8 Jan 1567, Gassan-Toda Castle surrenders**: After a long siege Amago Yoshihisa surrenders his mountain fortress to Mōri Motonari. Izumo, Hōki and the Iwami silver mine pass to the Mōri, who now rule most of western Honshu. - **27 Sep 1567, Inabayama falls: Gifu**: With the three Mino commanders gone over to him, Nobunaga takes the Saitō stronghold on Mount Kinka, renames it Gifu and starts using the seal 'Tenka fubu' (the realm under arms). - **9 Nov 1568, Nobunaga enters Kyoto**: Nobunaga drives the Rokkaku out of southern Ōmi (Kannonji, October), marches into the capital and installs Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th shogun. The Miyoshi fall back to Settsu and Awa. - **30 Jul 1570, Battle of Anegawa**: Oda and Tokugawa beat the combined Asai and Asakura on the Ane river in northern Ōmi. Not decisive: Asai Nagamasa held Odani for three more years. - **28 Sep 1570, Ishiyama Hongan-ji rises**: Kennyo, abbot of the Jōdo Shinshū temple-fortress at Ishiyama (modern Osaka), calls the Ikkō-ikki to war against Nobunaga. The siege lasted ten years. - **30 Sep 1571, Burning of Enryaku-ji**: Nobunaga's men burn the Tendai monastery complex on Mount Hiei, which had sheltered the Asai and Asakura, and kill thousands of monks and lay people. - **25 Jan 1573, Battle of Mikatagahara**: Takeda Shingen lures Ieyasu out of Hamamatsu and routs him on the Mikatagahara plateau. Shingen's march west stopped at Noda; he fell ill and died in May 1573. - **15 Aug 1573, Yoshiaki expelled: end of the Ashikaga shogunate**: Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had called the daimyō to rise against Nobunaga, is driven out of Kyoto after the siege of Makishima. The Muromachi shogunate effectively ends. - **26 Sep 1573, Fall of Ichijōdani and Odani**: In one month Nobunaga destroys the Asakura (Yoshikage dies, Ichijōdani is burned) and then the Asai at Odani (Nagamasa commits suicide). Echizen and northern Ōmi are his. - **20 Oct 1574, Nagashima Ikkō-ikki destroyed**: After three campaigns, Nobunaga starves out the Ikkō fortresses in the Kiso delta and burns those still inside; some 20,000 people died. - **28 Jun 1575, Battle of Nagashino**: Oda and Tokugawa arquebusiers behind palisades at Shitarahara cut down the charging Takeda cavalry. Katsuyori escaped, but the Takeda lost many of their best commanders. - **3 Nov 1577, Battle of Tedorigawa**: Uesugi Kenshin, having just taken Nanao in Noto, catches Shibata Katsuie's army crossing the Tedori river and beats it. Kenshin died the next spring, before he could march on Kyoto. - **10 Dec 1578, Battle of Mimigawa**: Ōtomo Sōrin's invasion of Hyūga ends in disaster on the Mimi river; the Shimazu become the leading power of Kyushu, and the Ryūzōji take the Ōtomo lands in the north-west. - **10 Aug 1580, Hongan-ji surrenders Ishiyama**: Ten years after the war began, Kennyo leaves Ishiyama under an imperially brokered peace; the temple burns. Hideyoshi later built Osaka Castle on the site. - **3 Apr 1582, Battle of Tenmokuzan**: Abandoned by most of his vassals as the Oda and Tokugawa invade, Takeda Katsuyori kills himself on Mount Tenmoku. Kai, Shinano, Suruga and western Kōzuke fall to Nobunaga. - **21 Jun 1582, Honnō-ji incident**: Akechi Mitsuhide, ordered west to help Hideyoshi, turns his army on Kyoto and attacks the Honnō-ji temple at dawn. Nobunaga dies in the burning temple; his heir Nobutada falls at Nijō the same day. - **2 Jul 1582, Battle of Yamazaki**: Hideyoshi beats Akechi Mitsuhide between the Tennōzan hill and the Yodo river. Mitsuhide is killed by villagers while fleeing, 13 days after Honnō-ji. - **11 Jun 1583, Battle of Shizugatake**: Hideyoshi rides his army 52 km from Ōgaki in an afternoon and evening and smashes Sakuma Morimasa at dawn. Shibata Katsuie kills himself in Kitanoshō three days later. - **4 May 1584, Battle of Okitanawate**: Shimazu and Arima troops kill Ryūzōji Takanobu near Shimabara. Ryūzōji power collapses and the Shimazu push north. - **18 May 1584, Battle of Nagakute**: Ieyasu catches Ikeda Tsuneoki's raiding column and destroys it, killing Ikeda and Mori Nagayoshi. The Komaki campaign ended in a draw and a negotiated peace; Ieyasu submitted to Hideyoshi in 1586. - **20 Aug 1585, Chōsokabe submit**: Attacked from three sides by over 100,000 men, Chōsokabe Motochika gives up Awa, Sanuki and Iyo and keeps Tosa. - **20 Jan 1587, Battle of Hetsugigawa**: Shimazu Iehisa routs the vanguard Hideyoshi had sent to help the Ōtomo, including Chōsokabe and Sengoku troops. Funai falls; the Shimazu hold almost all of Kyushu. - **13 Jun 1587, Shimazu submit at Taihei-ji**: Facing two armies totalling some 200,000 men, Shimazu Yoshihisa shaves his head and submits. The Shimazu keep Satsuma and Ōsumi; Kyushu is shared out among Hideyoshi's men. - **17 Jul 1589, Battle of Suriagehara**: Date Masamune destroys the Ashina below Mount Bandai and takes Aizu. A year later Hideyoshi took it off him. - **4 Aug 1590, Siege of Odawara**: After three months of siege by more than 200,000 men, Hōjō Ujinao surrenders; Ujimasa is made to kill himself. The Hōjō lands go to Ieyasu, who moves his seat to Edo. - **7 Sep 1590, Ōshū settlement**: At Aizu Hideyoshi settles the north: Date Masamune loses Aizu to Gamō Ujisato, the Kasai and Ōsaki are abolished. The Kunohe rising of 1591 was the last resistance. - **23 May 1592, Invasion of Korea: landing at Busan**: Konishi Yukinaga's first division storms Busan. Seoul fell on 12 June and Pyongyang in July, but Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin's navy, guerrillas and a Ming army forced the Japanese back to forts on the south coast by 1593. - **28 Aug 1597, Second invasion (Keichō war)**: Peace talks fail and Hideyoshi sends 140,000 men back. After Chilcheollyang the Japanese push inland, but are held at Jiksan and fall back to the south-coast forts. - **18 Sep 1598, Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi**: Hideyoshi dies at Fushimi, leaving a five-year-old heir, Hideyori, under a council of five regents headed by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The armies in Korea are recalled. - **8 Sep 1600, Siege of Fushimi Castle**: Torii Mototada holds Fushimi for Ieyasu for eleven days against the Western army and dies with his garrison. - **21 Oct 1600, Battle of Sekigahara**: In fog and rain Ieyasu's Eastern army meets Ishida Mitsunari's Western army. Kobayakawa Hideaki's defection at midday decides it. Ishida, Konishi and Ankokuji were executed in Kyoto on 6 November. - **24 Mar 1603, Tokugawa shogunate**: The emperor appoints Tokugawa Ieyasu shōgun; he governs from Edo. In 1605 he passed the title to his son Hidetada to show it was now hereditary. - **19 Dec 1614, Winter siege of Osaka**: About 190,000 Tokugawa troops surround Osaka Castle, defended by Hideyori and some 100,000 rōnin. Sanada Nobushige beat off an attack at the Sanada-maru barbican; a truce in January 1615 made Osaka fill in its outer moats. - **3 Jun 1615, Battle of Tennōji**: Sanada Nobushige's charge nearly reaches Ieyasu's headquarters before he is killed. The next day Osaka Castle burns and Hideyori and his mother Yodo-dono kill themselves. - **4 Jun 1615, Fall of Osaka Castle**: The end of the Toyotomi. The Laws for the Military Houses (Buke shohatto) and the one-castle-per-province rule follow within weeks: the age of war is over. - Plus 32 smaller events, shown as dots on the map.