What happened between the late 15th century and 1603 in japan?

- Ashikaga shogunate collapses (1467)

- Ōnin War breaks out (1467–1477)

- Rise of provincial daimyo, including Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu

1568-1600: Azuchi–Momoyama period

- Oda Nobunaga becomes dominant warlord (1568)

- Nobunaga captures Kyoto and becomes de facto ruler of Japan (1568)

- Nobunaga's reforms, including land surveys, tax reforms, and the encouragement of trade

- Honnō-ji Incident: Nobunaga assassinated by Akechi Mitsuhide (1582)

- Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Mitsuhide and becomes dominant warlord (1582)

- Hideyoshi's campaigns to unify Japan, including the Kyūshū Campaign (1587) and the Odawara Campaign (1590)

- Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (1592-1598)

- Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats Hideyoshi's forces at the Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

1603: Edo period begins

- Tokugawa Ieyasu establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo (modern-day Tokyo)

- Beginning of a period of peace and stability that will last for over 250 years