Azuchi-Momoyama era

Azuchi-Momoyama period
日本國 Nippon-koku
1568–1600
Top: Mon of the Oda Clan (1568–1582) Bottom: Mon of the Toyotomi Clan (1583–1598)
Capital		1568–1582  Heian-kyōa / Azuchib 1582–1600  Heian-kyō
Languages		Late Middle Japanese
Government		Feudal military confederation
Emperor
•	1557–1586	Ōgimachi
•	1586–1611	Go-Yōzei
Shogun
•	1568–1573	Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Head of government
•	1568–1582	Oda Nobunaga
•	1583–1598	Toyotomi Hideyoshi
•	1598–1600	Council of Five Elders
Legislature		Council of Five Elders
History
•	Oda Nobunaga captures Kyoto	October 18, 1568
•	Ashikaga shogunate abolished	September 2, 1573
•	Battle of Nagashino	June 28, 1575
•	Assassination of Oda Nobunaga	June 21, 1582
•	Toyotomi-Tokugawa alliance formed	1584
•	Defeat of the Hōjō clan	August 4, 1590
•	Battle of Sekigahara	October 21, 1600
Currency		Mon
Preceded by Succeeded by Ashikaga shogunate Oda clan Toyotomi clan Tokugawa clan Tokugawa shogunate
a.	Emperor's palace.
b.	Nobunaga's palatial fortress.

The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi-Momoyama jidai) is the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japan. These years of political unification led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. It spans the years from c. 1573 to 1600, during which time Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, imposed order upon the chaos that had pervaded since the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Although a start date of 1573 is often given, this period in broader terms begins with Nobunaga's entry into Kyoto in 1568, when he led his army to the imperial capital in order to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th – and ultimately final – shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. The era lasts until the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory over supporters of the Toyotomi clan at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.

During this period, a short but spectacular epoch, Japanese society and culture underwent the transition from the medieval era to the early modern era.

The name of this period is taken from two castles: Nobunaga's Azuchi Castle (in Azuchi, Shiga) and Hideyoshi's Momoyama Castle (also known as Fushimi Castle, in Kyoto).Shokuhō period (織豊時代, Shokuhō jidai), a term used in some Japanese-only texts, is abridged from the surnames of the period's two leaders (in the on-reading): Shoku (織) for Oda (織田) plus Hō (豊) for Toyotomi (豊臣).