History Lessons

[Mudcrab]

...required.

I bought a retail boxed Sengoku without the slightest iota of knowledge about the time period featured, or the nation come to that.
Are there any Japanese history buffs who could provide a potted history using impeccable sources (no generic wikipedia please) ?

Thank you.

 

[Teonod]

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King"

Samurai fought each other. They got great at killing each other. They try to invade Korea, they fail.

 

[Kalesin]

An interesting way to learn more about the Sengoku period is reading Shogun by James Clavell.