Events
- 1336: Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto and forces Emperor Go-Daigo to move to a southern court (Yoshino, south of Kyoto)
- 1338: Ashikaga Takauji declares himself shogun, moves his capital into the Muromachi district of Kyoto and supports the northern court
- 1392: The southern court surrenders to shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the empire is unified again
- 1397: Kinkaku-ji is built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
- 1450: Ryōan-ji is built by Hosokawa Katsumoto.
- 1467: The Ōnin War is split among feudal lords (daimyō)
- 1489: Ginkaku-ji is built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa
- 1542: Firearms are introduced by a shipwrecked Portuguese
- 1546: Hōjō Ujiyasu who had won the Battle of Kawagoe becomes ruler of the Kantō region
- 1549: The Catholic missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Japan
- 1555: Mōri Motonari, who had won the Battle of Miyajima, becomes ruler of the Chūgoku region
- 1560: Battle of Okehazama
- 1568: The daimyō Oda Nobunaga enters Kyoto and ends the civil war
- 1570: The Archbishopric of Edo is established and the first Japanese Jesuits are ordained
- 1570: Battle of Anegawa
- 1573: The daimyō Oda Nobunaga overthrows the Muromachi bakufu and extends his control over all of Japan
- 1573: Battle of Mikatagahara
- 1575: Battle of Nagashino
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