Japanese history question?

Question: Japanese history question!?

I'm curious about what happened in the sixteenth century in Japan!. Does anyone know!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the influence of the Ashikaga shoguns and the government in Kyoto declined to practically nothing!. The political newcomers of the Muromachi period were members of land owning, military families (ji-samurai)!. By first cooperating and then surpassing provincial constables, a few of them achieved influence over whole provinces!. Those new feudal lords were to be called daimyo!. They exerted the actual control over the different parts of Japan, and continuously fought against each other for several decades during the complicated age of civil wars (Sengoku jidai)!. Some of the most powerful lords were the Takeda, Uesugi and Hojo in the East, and Ouchi, Mori, and Hosokawa in the West!.

In 1542 the first Portuguese traders and Jesuit missionaries arrived in Kyushu, and introduced firearms and christianity to Japan!. The Jesuit Francis Xavier undertook a mission to Kyoto in 1549-50!. Despite Buddhist opposition, most of the Western warlords welcomed Christianity because they were keen in trade with overseas nations mainly for military reasons!.

By the middle of the 16th century, several of the most powerful warlords were competing for control over the whole country!. One of them was Oda Nobunaga!. He made the first big steps towards unification of Japan by capturing Kyoto in 1568 and overthrowing the Muromachi bakufu in 1573!.
Www@QuestionHome@Com