Editing Sengoku period (section)

=== Start and end dates ===
[[File:Oozutu.jpg|thumb|''Ōzutsu'' (Big Gun)|170x170px]]
The [[Kyōtoku incident]] in 1454, [[Ōnin War]] in 1467, or [[:ja:明応の政変|Meiō incident]] in 1493 is usually considered the starting point of the Sengoku period.<ref name="jk061222"/><ref name="kotomei"/> There are several events which could be considered the end of it: Nobunaga's entry to [[Kyoto]] (1568){{sfnm|1a1=Mypaedia|1y=1996}} or abolition of the [[Muromachi shogunate]] (1573){{sfnm|1a1=Hōfu-shi Rekishi Yōgo-shū}} or entry into [[Azuchi Castle]] (1576), Hideyoshi's promulgation of the ''Sōbujirei'' ([[:ja:惣無事令|ja]]) law prohibiting war (1587), the [[siege of Odawara (1590)]], the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] (1600), the establishment of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] (1603), the [[siege of Osaka]] (1615), or the suppression of the [[Shimabara Rebellion]] (1638).<ref name="jp191129"/> The old, well-known definition is that the Onin War initiated the Sengoku period in 1467; and that it ended in 1568, when Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto in support of [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]].<ref name="jp191129"/><ref name="jk061222"/><ref name="kotosen">{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%88%A6%E5%9B%BD%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3%28%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%29-1555049|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201015131/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%88%A6%E5%9B%BD%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3%28%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%29-1555049|script-title=ja:戦国時代（日本）|language=ja|publisher=Kotobank|date=|archive-date=1 February 2023|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Sekigaharascreen.jpg|thumb|Japanese screen depicting the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] (1600)]]
However, even if 1568 is the end date of the Sengoku period, there are also various theories about the beginning and end dates of the following Azuchi-Momoyama period. The Azuchi-Momoyama period refers to the period when [[Oda Nobunaga]] and [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] were in power.<ref name="kotoazuchi"/> They and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] are the three unifiers of Japan.<ref name="denver"/> The name "Azuchi-Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, [[Azuchi Castle]], was located in [[Azuchi, Shiga]], and [[Fushimi Castle]], where Hideyoshi lived after his retirement, was located in Momoyama. The beginning date could be either when Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto in 1568 to support Ashikaga Yoshiaki, or when Nobunaga expelled Ashikaga Yoshiaki from Kyoto in 1573 and destroyed the Muromachi Shogunate, or when Nobunaga moved to Azuchi Castle in 1576. It ended either when Toyotomi Hideyoshi died in 1598, or at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, or with the opening of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603.<ref name="kotoazuchi">{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%AE%89%E5%9C%9F%E6%A1%83%E5%B1%B1%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3-26020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225100029/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%AE%89%E5%9C%9F%E6%A1%83%E5%B1%B1%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3-26020|script-title=ja:安土桃山時代|language=ja|publisher=Kotobank|date=|archive-date=25 December 2023|access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="jk061222" />

[[Kaga ikki]] occurred in 1488, [[Hōjō Sōun]] conquered [[Izu province]] in 1491, and in 1492 [[Hosokawa Masamoto]] banished the 10th shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] from Kyoto and installed [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]] as the 11th shogun. Around this time, civil wars began to occur frequently throughout the country, and Buddhist temples in various regions grew as armed forces.<ref name="jk061222"/>