Sengoku period

period of Japanese history from 1467 to 1615
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Summary

Sengoku period is a historical period[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of historical period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,393 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Named after: Warring States period[4]
  • Part of: Muromachi period[5], history of Japan[6]
  • Commons category: Sengoku period[7]
  • Start time: 1467[8], 1493[9]
  • End time: 1590[10], 1573[11], 1600[12], 1615[13]
  • Has cause: Ōnin War[14], Meiō incident[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sengoku period[16]
  • Facet of: history of Japan[17]
  • Partially coincident with: Azuchi-Momoyama period[18]
  • End cause: 天下統一[19]
  • Native label: 戦国時代[20]
  • Different from: Warring States period[21]
  • History of topic: timeline of the Sengoku period[22]
  • Has list: list of people of Sengoku period Japan[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Sengoku period[24]

Why It Matters

Sengoku period has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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