HIST 105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bakumatsu, Tokugawa Shogunate, Kangxi Emperor
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Oda nobunaga (june 23, 1534 june 21, 1582) was a powerful daimyo of japan in the late. Century who attempted to unify japan during the late sengoku period. He was a tokugawa shogun with great military and political skill. He once defeated an army of 25,000 men with only. He was known for his effective use of firearms. The goal of national unification and a return to the comparative political stability of the earlier muromachi period was widely shared by the multitude of autonomous daimyo during the sengoku period. Oda nobunaga however, was the first for which this goal seemed attainable. Nobunaga had gained control over most of honshu (see map below), before his death during the. Y zei following the successful sekigahara campaign of 1600. Meiji restoration chain of events that restored practical imperial rule to japan in 1868 under emperor meiji.
