Events - Sengoku Shogun Map

Browse major Sengoku-period events other than battles, with how each unfolded and the sources behind it.

• The Great Return from Chūgoku — June 1582 (6th month of Tenshō 10) Just after Oda Nobunaga was killed at Honnōji, Hashiba Hideyoshi — then besieging Takamatsu Castle in Bitchū — came to terms with the Mōri and turned his army east. On the 6th day of the 6th month of Tenshō 10 he marched up the Chūgoku highway and was back at Himeji Castle in Harima. "Chūgoku" here means the Chūgoku region of Japan, not China.
• The Kiyosu Conference — 1582 (27th day of the 6th month, Tenshō 10) After Oda Nobunaga and his heir Nobutada died at Honnōji, four senior retainers — Shibata Katsuie, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide and Ikeda Tsuneoki — met at Kiyosu Castle in Owari to settle the Oda succession and the division of Nobunaga's lands. Nobunaga's infant grandson Sanbōshi took the headship; Nobukatsu received Owari and Nobutaka received Mino.