Kyoto in the Age of Exploration

The atlas holds 4 people and 14 moments here, from 1568 to 1615. The most recorded lives are Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Notable people

  1. Miyamoto Musashi

    in 1604

    1 moment here

    Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer. His early biography and several event dates are disputed or preserved in later accounts; this…

  2. Oda Nobunaga

    from 1568 to 1582

    4 moments here

    Japanese samurai and daimyō who rose from Owari Province to become one of the principal military and political unifiers of sixteenth-century Japan.…

  3. Tokugawa Ieyasu

    from 1585 to 1615

    6 moments here

    Japanese samurai, daimyo, and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Born Matsudaira Takechiyo at Okazaki Castle, he spent part of his childhood as a…

  4. Toyotomi Hideyoshi

    from 1582 to 1598

    3 moments here

    Japanese samurai, daimyō, imperial regent, and chancellor who rose from a humble background under Oda Nobunaga to unify most of Japan.…

Moments

  1. 1568 Entry into Kyoto Oda Nobunaga
  2. 1571 Siege of Mount Hiei Oda Nobunaga
  3. 1573 Expulsion of Ashikaga Yoshiaki Oda Nobunaga
  4. 1582 Death at Honnō-ji Oda Nobunaga
  5. 1582 Battle of Yamazaki Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  6. 1585 Trip to Kyoto Tokugawa Ieyasu
  7. 1588 Imperial reception at Jurakudai Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  8. 1595 Residence at Fushimi Castle Tokugawa Ieyasu
  9. 1595 Ordered visit to Kyoto Tokugawa Ieyasu
  10. 1598 Death at Fushimi Castle Toyotomi Hideyoshi
  11. 1599 Return to Fushimi Castle Tokugawa Ieyasu
  12. 1604 Yoshioka matches in Kyoto Miyamoto Musashi
  13. 1611 Meeting with Hideyori at Nijō Castle Tokugawa Ieyasu
  14. 1615 Audience with Emperor Go-Mizunoo Tokugawa Ieyasu

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