2-750-533 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Feudal Map of Japan between 1564 -73', (1903). The feudal period of Japanese history was a time when powerful families (daimyo) and military warlords (shogun) ruled Japan. In 1543, a Portuguese trade ship landed introducing guns to Japanese society. From 'A History of Japan during the century of early foreign intercourse' (1542-1651) by James Murdoch, M.A. and Isoh Yamagata. [Kobe, Japan, 1903]