Japan · Animated schematic fronts
Sengoku and the unification of Japan
Wars between Japanese powers; the endpoint is set at the fall of Osaka, though periodisation varies.
The line is a schematic boundary of territory under one side's control at the dated moments, simplified from overview maps. Enclaves, shifting allies and contested districts are omitted; in-between frames are interpolated and closing edges are graphic and may include sea or uninvolved land. Two lines follow the unification under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi from 1568, eastwards and westwards from Kyoto; the many wars between other daimyo are not shown.
- Front line
- Attack
- Siege
Grey: future location. Gold: reached. Pulses: active on this date. Click a marker or pick from the list.
- Changing Japanese coalitions
- Rival power blocs