Preceden

Samurai

Periods

Nara period (奈良時代 Nara jidai)

710 AD - 794 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_period

Heian period (平安時代 Heian jidai)

794 AD - 1185 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_period

Kamakura period (鎌倉時代 Kamakura jidai)

1185 AD - 1333 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period

Kenmu Restoration (建武の新政 Kenmu no shinsei)

1333 AD - 1336 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemmu_restoration

Muromachi period (室町時代 Muromachi jidai)

1337 AD - 1573 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muromachi_period

Shogunates

Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府 Ashikaga bakufu)

1336 AD - 1573 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_shogunate

Wars

Jōhei - Tengyo no ran

939 AD - 940 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Masakado

Zenkunen War (前九年の役 Zenkunen no Eki)

1051 AD - 1063 AD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Nine_Years_War

Gosannen War (後三年合戦 gosannen kassen)

1083 AD - 1089 AD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosannen_War

Hōgen Rebellion (保元の乱 Hōgen no ran)

July 28, 1156 AD - August 16, 1156 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dgen_Rebellion

Heiji Rebellion (平治の乱 Heiji no ran)

January 19, 1160 AD - February 5, 1160 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiji_Rebellion

Genpei War (源平合戦 Genpei kassen)

1180 AD - 1185 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpei_War

Jōkyū War (承久の乱 jōkyū no ran)

1221 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dky%C5%AB_War

Genkō War (元弘の乱 Genkō no Ran)

1331 AD - 1333 AD

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genk%C5%8D_War

Daimyo

Saitō Dōsan (斎藤 道三)

1494 - May 28, 1556

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_D%C5%8Dsan

Oda Nobuhide (織田 信秀)

1510 - April 8, 1551

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobuhide

Takeda Shingen (武田 信玄)

December 1, 1521 - May 13, 1573

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeda_Shingen

Miyoshi Nagayoshi (三好 長慶)

March 10, 1522 - August 10, 1564

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi_Nagayoshi

Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信)

February 18, 1530 - April 19, 1578

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin

Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長)

June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉)

February 2, 1536 - September 18, 1598

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi

Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川 家康)

January 31, 1543 - June 1, 1616

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu

Date Masamune (伊達政宗)

September 5, 1567 - June 27, 1636

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_Masamune

Main

Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵)

1584 - June 13, 1645

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi