Home Region: Northeast Asia (East Asia)

Warring States Japan

1467 CE 1568 CE

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EQ 2020 jp_sengoku_jidai / JpSengk

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1336 CE 1467 CE Ashikaga Shogunate (jp_ashikaga) [continuity]

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General Description

During the Sengoku Period Japan was fought over by armies of samurau their nobles called the daimyo (’the great names’). The shogun became a prize to control and the capital at Kyoto was devastated by war. The period is also known as the Onin War and the Age of the Warring States (which translated into Japanese becomes the Sengoku jidai or Sengoku Period). ^[1]
There was no central government. The daimyo, supported by their close kinsmen and vassals, often had an inner council to decide on matters of administration and military policy. Military administrators known as bugyo are known to have been employed in a non-fighting capacity.
The dominant territory (kokka) was not defined by the borders of the traditional kuni (province) and was split into fiefs which the daiymo either directly maintained or controlled through a vassal. At times the daimyo made alliances with each other in the quest for more power. ^[2]
Despite the turmoil the population during this period probably increased by five million over 100 years to about 20 million in 1568 CE.

[1]: (Turnbull 2002) S Turnbull. 2002. War in Japan: 1467-1615. Osprey Publishing.

[2]: (Turnbull 2008) S Turnbull. 2008. Samurai Armies 1467-1649. Osprey Publishing.

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

3 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Supracultural Entity

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Relationship to preceding Entity

1 Polity Succession

1 Degree of Centralization

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

2 Population of the Largest Settlement

1 Polity Territory

3 Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

1 Religious Level

1 Military Level

1 Administrative Level

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

1 Professional Priesthood

1 Professional Military Officer

Bureaucracy Characteristics

1 Specialized Government Building

1 Merit Promotion

1 Full Time Bureaucrat

1 Examination System

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Irrigation System

1 Food Storage Site

1 Drinking Water Supply System

1 Entertainment Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Canal

1 Bridge

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

1 Nonwritten Record

1 Non Phonetic Writing

1 Mnemonic Device

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Scientific Literature

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Practical Literature

1 Philosophy

1 Lists Tables and Classification

1 History

1 Fiction

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Token

1 Indigenous Coin

1 Foreign Coin

1 Article

Information / Postal System

1 Postal Station

1 Courier

Information / Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

1 Wooden Palisade

1 Stone Walls Non Mortared

1 Stone Walls Mortared

1 Settlements in a Defensive Position

1 Modern Fortification

1 Moat

1 Fortified Camp

1 Earth Rampart

1 Ditch

1 Complex Fortification

1 Long Wall

Military use of Metals

1 Steel

1 Iron

1 Copper

1 Bronze

Projectiles

1 Tension Siege Engine

1 Sling Siege Engine

1 Sling

1 Self Bow

1 Javelin

2 Handheld Firearm

1 Gunpowder Siege Artillery

1 Crossbow

1 Composite Bow

1 Atlatl

Handheld weapons

1 War Club

1 Sword

1 Spear

2 Polearm

1 Dagger

1 Battle Axe

Animals used in warfare

1 Horse

1 Elephant

1 Donkey

1 Dog

1 Camel

Armor

1 Wood Bark Etc

1 Scaled Armor

1 Plate Armor

1 Limb Protection

1 Leather Cloth

1 Laminar Armor

1 Helmet

1 Chainmail

1 Breastplate

Naval technology

1 Specialized Military Vessel

1 Small Vessels Canoes Etc

1 Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

Instability Events

23 Instability Event

NGA Settlements:

Year Range	Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai) was in:
(1467 CE 1567 CE)	Kansai

Home NGA: Kansai

General Variables

Identity and Location Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	53 S	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Original Name	Japan - Sengoku Jidai	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Capital	Kyoto	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Alternative Name	Sengoku Jidai	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Alternative Name	Sengoku Period	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Alternative Name	Warring States Period	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Temporal Bounds Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	1568 CE
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Duration	[1467 CE ➜ 1568 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Supracultural Entity	Japanese	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Succeeding Entity	Japan - Azuchi-Momoyama	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Relationship to Preceding Entity	continuation	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Preceding Entity 1336 CE 1467 CE	Ashikaga Shogunate (jp_ashikaga) [continuity]
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Degree of Centralization	quasi-polity	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Language Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Japonic	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Language	Middle Japanese	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Religion Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	40,000 people	1500 CE
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Population of the Largest Settlement	100,000 people	1550 CE
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Polity Territory	300,000 km²	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Polity Population	15,000,000 people	1467 CE
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Polity Population	17,000,000 people	1500 CE
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Polity Population	20,000,000 people	1568 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	[4 to 6]	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Religious Level	2	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Military Level	6	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Administrative Level	[4 to 5]	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Professions Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Professional Priesthood	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Professional Military Officer	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Government Building	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Merit Promotion	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Full Time Bureaucrat	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Examination System	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Law Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Judge	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Court	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Irrigation System	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Food Storage Site	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Drinking Water Supply System	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Entertainment Building	Uncoded Undecided	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Canal	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Bridge	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

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Information / Writing System Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Script	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Nonwritten Record	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Non Phonetic Writing	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Mnemonic Device	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Scientific Literature	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Sacred Text	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Religious Literature	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Practical Literature	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Philosophy	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Lists Tables and Classification	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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History	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Fiction	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Calendar	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Information / Money Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Token	Uncoded Undecided	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Indigenous Coin	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Foreign Coin	Uncoded Undecided	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Article	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Information / Postal System Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Postal Station	Uncoded Undecided	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Courier	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Information / Measurement System Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wooden Palisade	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Modern Fortification	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moat	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Fortified Camp	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Earth Rampart	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Ditch	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Complex Fortification	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Long Wall	unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Military use of Metals Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Steel	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Iron	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Copper	Present Inferred	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Bronze	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Projectiles Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Tension Siege Engine	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Sling Siege Engine	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Sling	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Self Bow	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Javelin	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Handheld Firearm	Absent Inferred	1467 CE 1542 CE
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Handheld Firearm	Present	1543 CE 1568 CE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Crossbow	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Composite Bow	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Atlatl	Absent Inferred	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Handheld weapons Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
War Club	Present Inferred	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Sword	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Spear	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Polearm	Present	1467 CE 1499 CE
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Polearm	Absent	1500 CE 1568 CE
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Dagger	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Battle Axe	Present Inferred	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Animals used in warfare Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Horse	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Elephant	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Donkey	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Dog	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Camel	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Armor Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Wood Bark Etc	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Scaled Armor	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Plate Armor	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Limb Protection	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Leather Cloth	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Laminar Armor	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Helmet	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Chainmail	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Breastplate	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Naval technology Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Specialized Military Vessel	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Small Vessels Canoes Etc	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Merchant Ships Pressed Into Service	Unknown Suspected	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Absent	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1467 CE 1568 CE
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Human Sacrifice Warring States Japan (jp_sengoku_jidai)

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