Lasting a little longer than a century (c. 1467 – c. 1573), the Sengoku period was a very important and well-known stage in the history of Medieval Japan, as it marked the beginning of when Japan became reunified. Also known as the Warring States period, this time period was marked by conspiracy involving the political system, conflict inside the Japanese military and commotion within the Japanese society. During the Sengoku period, a number of battles, wars, invasions and other disastrous occurrences took place. Once political power was unified under the Tokugawa Shogunate, this period came to an end.
From the Sengoku period until the Tokugawa Shogunate, a highly successful reunification of the country of Japan occurred, with the help of three warlords, the three unifiers; Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Although these three men had different ways of thinking (source A), the peace that they created resulted in profound changes to Japan’s society and these three great men were able to put a stop to the violence that had occurred throughout the Sengoku …show more content…
This source is a small Medieval Japanese story that shows the way that each of the three unifiers thought. If the innocent bird does not wish cooperate, we see that Oda Nobunaga threatens to kill the bird. This shows that if something does not go the way he wants it to, he will do everything he can to make what he wants happen, even if it results in a negative impact or even death. We are able to see that Nobunaga does not have much fear, seeing himself as the strongest most powerful person. He doesn’t see harm in hurting the innocent and will do all that he can to get what he wants. A 20th century scholar even went so far to call Nobunaga a “callous brute”. Therefore we can understand that Oda Nobunaga was, and still is, seen as a very brutally powerful and confident figure in Medieval
From the Sengoku period until the Tokugawa Shogunate, a highly successful reunification of the country of Japan occurred, with the help of three warlords, the three unifiers; Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Although these three men had different ways of thinking (source A), the peace that they created resulted in profound changes to Japan’s society and these three great men were able to put a stop to the violence that had occurred throughout the Sengoku …show more content…
This source is a small Medieval Japanese story that shows the way that each of the three unifiers thought. If the innocent bird does not wish cooperate, we see that Oda Nobunaga threatens to kill the bird. This shows that if something does not go the way he wants it to, he will do everything he can to make what he wants happen, even if it results in a negative impact or even death. We are able to see that Nobunaga does not have much fear, seeing himself as the strongest most powerful person. He doesn’t see harm in hurting the innocent and will do all that he can to get what he wants. A 20th century scholar even went so far to call Nobunaga a “callous brute”. Therefore we can understand that Oda Nobunaga was, and still is, seen as a very brutally powerful and confident figure in Medieval