1534 - 1582
Oda Nobunaga
Nobunaga shi ne shugaban dangin Oda mai karfi, kuma ya kaddamar da yaki da sauran daimō don hada kanJapan a cikin 1560s.Nobunaga ya fito a matsayin daimyō mafi ƙarfi, ya hambarar da shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki mai mulki da kuma narkar da Ashikaga Shogunate a 1573. Ya ci yawancin tsibirin Honshu ta 1580, kuma ya ci nasara da 'yan tawayen Ikko-ikki a cikin 1580s.An lura da mulkin Nobunaga don sabbin dabarun soji, haɓaka ciniki cikin 'yanci, gyare-gyaren gwamnatin farar hula na Japan, da farkon lokacin fasahar tarihi na Momoyama, amma kuma don murkushe waɗanda suka ƙi ba da haɗin kai ko kuma ba da kai ga buƙatunsa.An kashe Nobunaga a cikin lamarin Honnō-ji a cikin 1582, lokacin da mai rike da shi Akechi Mitsuhide ya yi masa kwanton bauna a Kyoto ya tilasta masa yin seppuku.Toyotomi Hideyoshi ne ya gaje Nobunaga, wanda tare da Tokugawa Ieyasu suka kammala yaƙin haɗin kai jim kaɗan bayan haka.Nobunaga mutum ne mai tasiri a tarihin Jafananci kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi uku na Japan, tare da masu riƙe da shi Toyotomi Hideyoshi da Tokugawa Ieyasu.Daga baya Hideyoshi ya hada kan kasar Japan a shekara ta 1591, kuma ya mamaye Koriya bayan shekara guda.Duk da haka, ya mutu a 1598, kuma Ieyasu ya karbi mulki bayan yakin Sekigahara a 1600, ya zama shogun a 1603, kuma ya kawo karshen zamanin Sengoku .