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Oda Nobunaga's regime consolidation in the Azuchi period

Type Event Region Japan Time 1576–1582

From 1576, Nobunaga built Azuchi Castle in Ōmi, moving the political center from Gifu to Lake Biwa, integrating Kinai and Tōkaidō domains, promoting …

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  1. 1576–1579Azuchi Castle · Shiga PrefectureNobunaga ordered Niwa Nagahide to build Azuchi Castle on Mount Azuchi in Ōmi; combining a tenshu, multiple baileys, and a castle town layout, it became the most symbolically significant political castle in Japan and attracted missionaries and envoys.
  2. 1576–1582Kinai and Tōkaidō · HonshuDuring the Azuchi period Nobunaga systematically carried out land surveys to unify tax standards, issued rakuichi-rakuza edicts breaking traditional za monopolies, and organized arquebus production in Sakai and Nagashima, supporting multi-front wars against Takeda, Mōri, and Hongan-ji with a military industry.
  3. 1576–1580Central Japan · JapanBetween 1576 and 1580 the Azuchi regime simultaneously pursued the siege of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, the Tōkaidō campaign against Takeda, and the expedition into the Chūgoku region against Mōri, gradually establishing Oda dominance in central Japan.

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