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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
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Himeji Castle, Himeji, Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Edo Castle, Tokyo, Japan
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