Rokkaku Shogunate (Principia Moderni II Map Game)

Nippon-koku (日本国), officially known as the Mononobe Shogunate (物部幕府) and also known as Japan, is a nation in East Asia.

Ashikaga Shogunate
In 1450, Jūzō Ayase, folk story teller, tells a story about two walking down a forest. Later in 1451 Jūzō Ayase writes out another story about the two Satoris; the two Satoris go to adopt the and all later move underground to their own temple. 1452 Jūzō Ayase writes yet another story, this time the two female Satoris with their pet Kasha run into a that tried to scare them but failed. 1453 Jūzō Ayase continues the story with two female Satoris along with their pet Kasha befriend the Kasa-obake that tried to scare them and they go along their journey. 1454 Jūzō Ayase finishes the story: the two female Satoris with their pet Kasha go back to the underground temple and their friend Kasa-obake visits them there. In 1455, Jūzō Ayase wrote a new story, this time about a young warrior on his quest to defeat some, specifically. In 1456 Jūzō Ayase continued the story: the young warrior goes to defeat some Tengu, and one of them proves to be a challenge; in 1457 story continued: the young warrior continues defeating some Tengu, and eventually runs into a along the way; in 1458: young warrior talked to the Miko and both begun to fighting more Tengu; then story finally concluded in 1459; young warrior and the Miko manage to fight off more Tengu and saved their lands. In 1460 Jūzō Ayase has his new story begin with the young warrior and the Miko soon see the Oni invading their lands and begin to fight them off; in 1461 it continued; both young warrior and Miko continue fighting the Oni and soon the two female Satoris with their pet Kasha appear and help out; in 1462 it continued; the young warrior and the Miko with help from the two female Satoris and their pet Kasha manage to fight off the Oni invasion faster and save their lands again; in 1463 it ended with the young warrior and the Miko thanks the two female Satoris and their pet Kasha and they (two female Satoris and pet Kasha) return home. In 1465 Jūzō Ayase decided to write one last story: the Miko goes sailing and an appears, and she begins to fight it; in 1466 - Akkorokamui proves to be a major challenge, though soon the young warrior, and the two female Satoris with their pet Kasha arrive to help the Miko against the Akkorokamui. In 1467 - the young warrior, Miko, the two female Satoris with their pet Kasha continue fighting against the Akkorokamui, and wins and saves the seas; afterward, the young warrior and Miko continue going sailing and two female Satoris with pet Kasha travel home again. In 1476, Jūzō Ayase died, though his written stories are kept safe by his daughter, Eiko Ayase. In 1486, Eiko Ayase decides to turn all of Jūzō Ayase's short stories into one book.

Also in 1452, 函館市 was established as a new city on 北海道 (Hokkaidō). In 1456 Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa also sent a little bit of trained samurai and some supplies to help the Ryūkyū King reclaim his kingdom. In 1465, Manchuria offered support in the war against Ainu, in which Ashikaga Yoshimasa had accepted. In 1478, Shogun Ashikaga Fumikazu made 北海道 (Hokkaidō) an official Province/Prefecture and set 函館市 (Hakodate) as the capital of the new Province/Prefecture. In 1479 北海道 (Hokkaidō) became completely conquered. In 1485 Japan obtains designs from Venice, and the Shogun thanks them and had gifted them too.

In 1486 the Satomi Clan begun to construct 高知城 (Kōchi Castle) around 高知 (Kōchi) area. In 1488 a new branch of Shintoism was established, called Mikoism, and this new branch of Shintoism can convert people, similar to Buddhism.

In 1494 Japan reached the Asian Mainland (around OTL Kamchatka) and then begun expanding upwards, while naming both the Peninsula and Prefecture, Reiuzi (霊烏路).

In 1517, the Ashikaga Shogunate declared war against the Pirate-held 琉球國 (Ryūkyū Kingdom). The war ended in 1522 with Japanese victory and soon 沖縄國 (Okinawa Kingdom) was created as a vassal out of a bit of land gained from the 琉球國 (Ryūkyū Kingdom).

Sengoku Era


The Sengoku Era had begun in 1525. Much of Japan had been divided into many clans. In 1526, Satomi Hirozō became head of the Satomi Clan and begun to plan reunification of the nation under his control.

In 1531, Manchuria offered support to help the Satomi Clan to reunite Japan, under the condition that the Japanese Empress/Emperor would have a larger role in the government. Satomi Hirozō had agreed to their deal. By around the 10th month in the year, Satomi Hirozō made his first move and begun to attack the Kagawa Clan. The attack lasted until 1534, in which it ended in a ceasefire. By 1538 the Satomi clan declared war against the Kagawa clan, in which they gained some land from them. Meanwhile the Mononobe and Rokkaku became allies with each other and begun attacking the Oda clan in 1541, in which the Oda was defeated by 1543 and the land was split between Mononobe and Rokkaku, with both gaining a small coastline.

In 1544, the Honda and Akechi clans had erupted into a battle against each other; also the Rokkaku and Mononobe Clans had begun eying the Fujiwara. Meanwhile by 1545, the Satomi clan offered a deal to the Kagawa clan convincing them to join and in exchange, they still get to rule their own area and by 1546 the Kawaga agreed to it. By the eight month in the same year, Satomi Hidefumi launched an invasion of the Amako clan.

In 1547 the Honda and Akechi clans ended their fighting with the Honda clan gaining some land. Then in 1549 the Satomi clan was able to conquer the Amako clan and had annexed them. In the same year, the Mononobe and Rokkaku both planned on striking against the Ashina clan instead. By 1551 the Mononobe and Rokkaku clans declared war against the Ashina clan and the war lasted in 1558. The result of the war was that no side gained any land and afterwards the Rokkaku and Mononobe clans begun to rethink their strategies.

In 1557 the Satomi clan declared war against the Ōtomo clan after much preparing, and by 1561 the Ōtomo clan was defeated and annexed into the Satomi clan. Then in 1563 the Satomi clan invaded the Miyoshi clan, and the war lasted for two years and by 1565 the Miyoshi was annexed into Satomi. In 1566, Satomi offered Yamana and Kuroda clans to join him in exchange for letting them rule their own areas. In 1567 the Yamana clan agreed and merged, and later in 1570 the Kuroda clan decided to merge as well out of fear of the Mononobe and Rokkaku clans.

In 1562 the Rokkaku and Mononobe clans, after much preparation and re-thinking, waged war against the Ashina clan again. By 1569 Mononobe and Rokkaku clans managed to win the war and split the former Ashina clan lands between them. After some planning and such the Mononobe and Rokkaku clans declared war against the Fujiwara clan in 1572. Then in 1573 the Satomi managed to make a deal with the Fujiwara: the Satomi helps in Fujiwara's war and once war is won, the Fujiwara would join them with the Fujiwara still ruling their own area. The Fujiwara agreed, and soon the Satomi clan entered the war on Fujiwara's side. By 1576, both the Mononobe and Rokkaku clans became defeated and annexed into Satomi, and in the ninth month Fujiwara merged into the Satomi.

By 1566, the Honda clan decides to declare war against the Akechi clan. Shortly after the Honda's declaration of war, the Imagawa clan joined in to help the Akechi clan. Later in 1570 the Tsugaru clan jumps in to help the Honda clan. Finally by 1578 the Honda-Tsugaru clans managed to win the war and they annexed Akechi and Imagawa respectively.

By 1577 through 1580 the Satomi was planning, and Satomi Kimiyasu decided to go for the two northern clans first before trying to fight against the Honda-Tsugaru clans. In the end he planned that he would take the Suzuki clan by the late 1590s.

Then in 1581, Satomi declared war against the Mogami clan, and by 1584 the Mogami was defeated and annexed. A year later the Satomi went and declared war against the Date clan, and by 1589 the Date clan was defeated and annexed as well.

In 1592 the Satomi clan leads an invasion of the Imagawa clan. In the same year a cold front begun passing by into Japan and caused the Hokkaidō and Sakhalin become connected with Honshū by ice bridges. The Suzuki clan suffered the most out of this coldness and became a bit weakened by the coldness. The Satomi clan also suffered quite a bit in their northern regions as well, and the Imagawa and Honda clans also had problems with the cold.

By 1595, the Imagawa clan was conquered by the Satomi and a year later (1596) Satomi launched an invasion of the Honda clan. Then by 1599 the Honda clan was finally annexed into the Satomi clan.

By 1600, Japan was divided between Satomi clan and the Suzuki clan. The peace didn't last long and by 1604, the Satomi clan launched an invasion of the Suzuki clan. The war lasted for five years and finally by 1609, the Satomi clan managed to unite the rest of Japan.

Satomi Shogunate
In 1611 a major earthquake followed by a giant wave had killed over 5000 people, and soon Shogun Satomi Kimiyasu ordered a clean up and aid support for those areas. Later however, the Satomi rule begun to weaken over time due to an expanding Chinese influence. This would lead to the Mononobe and Rokkaku clans gaining more influence as well. By 1628, Shogun Satomi Naoyasu steps down due to ill health and establishes the Council of Five Elders who would rule temporarily until his son, Satomi Katsutaka, become old enough to become the next leader. Satomi Naoyasu elected Ukita Eizō, Sadaoka Akimasa, Hatashi Kagekatsu, Ōtani Ikuhiro, and Mononobe Yukihito to be the Council of Five Elders.

In 1629, Satomi Naoyasu, and later Sadaoka Akimasa, died of natural causes. The Council of Five Elders became unstable and was divided with Ukita Eizō and Ōtani Ikuhiro on one side, Mononobe Yukihito and Hatashi Kagekatsu on the other. Though in 1630, Mononobe Yukihito and Hatashi Kagekatsu established a new document that would give the Empress/Emperor some more power in the central government, and was signed by Mononobe Yukihito, Hatashi Kagekatsu, Ukita Eizō, Ōtani Ikuhiro, and Satomi Katsutaka. Upon Satomi Katsutaka's signing it was then made official.

In 1631 Satomi Katsutaka died of a major illness with no successor. Empress Saigyō then went on and gave the title of shogun to Mononobe Yukihito, thus declaring the end of the Satomi Era and the beginning of the Mononobe Era.

Mononobe Shogunate
In 1638, the Okinawa Kingdom declared war against the Japanese Pirate-held Ryūkyū Kingdom and had Shogun Mononobe Yukihito's aid and support. The war lasted for 11 years, and by 1649 the Pirate-held Ryūkyū Kingdom was defeated and annexed into the Okinawa Kingdom.

In 1938, a film is made by Hazuki Kikuchi, featuring characters Koishi Komeiji and Satori Komeiji for the first time.

Current Situation in Japan
Basically a section of a comic detailing what's happening in Japan now. Updated whenever something significant happens in Japan. It is all dramatisations, so...




 * First Panel:
 * Satori and Koishi are representing Japan (hence why they look at Ainu lands). Meanwhile, Japanese Pirates in Ryūkyū (represented by Kogasa Tatara) continue fighting Japanese shipping (Seiga Kaku represents that).


 * Second Panel:
 * Koishi goes travelling up the Chishima Islands. Satori has stopwatch seeing how long it takes to get Hokkaidō. Japanese pirates continue to be problems.


 * Third Panel:
 * Koishi has little luck travelling up the Chishima Islands, due to Ainu. Satori has another cup of tea and continues eyeing Hokkaidō and sees the Ainu as a challenging. Japanese pirates continues to be problems as usual, and the fights will take many more years before the pirates be defeated.


 * Fourth Panel
 * Koishi continues her trip up the Chishima Island 'staircase' fighting more Ainu each floor (or land in this case). Satori stares at Hokkaidō still, as she expects the defeat of the Ainu sometime soon. Japanese pirate fighting continues, though Seiga used her danmaku to knock off Kogasa's sword, though Kogasa still has a few more swords. Mononobe no Futo (see where the musical note is located, next to it) uses her wind fan to stir up some far future trouble (Hint: Sengoku Era, ~1520s), and whistles while doing it. Unfortunately, no one notices her...for now.


 * Fifth Panel
 * Koishi continues up the Chishima islands, along with her sister Satori, who is so happy now that Hokkaidō is absorbed into Japan and Ainu is still being fought against (no surprise). In central Japan Mononobe no Futo and Fujiwara no Mokou and both begin to continue to destabilise Japan, which goes unnoticed, and they begin to leave Japan (both be back when Sengoku Era begins). Kogasa gets a new sword and strikes back against Seiga (who is also trying out a pair of glasses, temporary).


 * Sixth Panel:
 * Koishi obtains designs and stuff of European inventions (represented by holding a book) from Minamitsu Murasa (representing Venice). Satori is a bit annoyed that other nations (China and Korea) have it too and is worried, because she wants Japan to have peace with its neighbours. Kogasa is annoyed as Japanese Pirates will have slight disadvantage, and Seiga pokes fun at her.


 * Seventh Panel:
 * Koishi is very happy and joyful now that Chishima Islands are conquered, and begin to go up into Kamchatka and wears a purple trench-coat because it's getting cold. Kogasa dodges more bullets but doesn't give up the fight yet, and Seiga continues to taunt her; Japanese Pirates continue fighting. Satori is just having her cup of tea to relax, but she is worried about some things (she reads minds remember?). Oh, don't mind Utsuho (she's in Kamchatka), she's just worried about other things (maintaining Volcanoes).


 * Eight Panel:
 * Koishi meets Utsuho in Kamchatka areas after finding her via expansion into the area. Kogasa continues to dodge the bullets; though Seiga keeps taunting her and this time Hong Meiling (representing China) joins the fight, as the battle against the Japanese Pirates continue as usual. Satori is chilling now and she sits on a chair, drinking tea. Meanwhile at the colony of Kasodani, Nue (she represents said colony) is chilling as well and enjoying the new area.


 * Ninth Panel:
 * Koishi and Utsuho feel a strange presence bound to happen soon in Japan. Meanwhile Satori and Seiga have fought against Kogasa and also created the Okinawa Kingdom (represented by Nazrin), and also the fighting against the Japanese Pirates are continuing. Nue is still chilling at the colony, not much change.


 * Tenth Panel
 * The Sengoku Era is in full swing and Japan is fractured. Koishi is facing many problems as Futo, Mokou, and Youmu (they represent some clans) begin to attack, wile Momiji (representing the Northern Region clans) focuses against Kanako (represent the Suzuki clan). Utsuho is confused, and Satori went and hid. Kogasa pokes major fun at Seiga due to the Sengoku wars. Nue is concerned, as is Yuki (who represents the colony on otl Papua New Guinea). Okinawa Kingdom still exists, but is unrepresented for now, until after the Sengoku.


 * Eleventh Panel
 * The Sengoku Era continues. Futo goes against Mokou, as the Mononobe clan became allied with the Rokkaku clan and both are eyeing the Fujiwara clan. Koishi meanwhile heads southward trying to secure Kyūshū and Lower Honshū, Youmu tries to resist. Kanako is being confident in herself and Momiji is not amused. Kogasa and Seiga still at tensions with each other. Nue and Yuki is still concerned as always. Finally, Utsuho fled upwards in Kamchatka.


 * Twelfth Panel
 * The Sengoku Era approaches its end. Koishi now has her focus on Kanako, as the Satomi clan have conquered all of Japan except for the Suzuki clan. Kogasa is worried as once Japan reunites, Japan will refocus on dealing with the remaining Japanese Pirates held Ryūkyū Kingdom; meanwhile Seiga is excited to see the war coming to an end. (Side note: Colonies are taken out for now, may reappear in the future).


 * Thirteenth Panel
 * The Satomi Shogunate had been succeeded by the Mononobe Shogunate since 1631. The Mononobe clan is enjoying peace and prosperity. Meanwhile Kogasa is almost close to being defeated by Seiga as the Kingdom of Okinawa expand across the Ryūkyū Kingdom, defeating the pirates with Japan's support.

Urban Areas
Capital is Kyoto. Other cities include Kōchi, Yokohama, Kobe, Tokoname, Kawasaki,, Sendai, Tahara, Yukuhashi.

Japan has four main islands: 四国 (Shikoku), 本州 (Honshū), 九州 (Kyūshū), 北海道 (Hokkaidō) and also has some land on Mainland Asia: Reiuzi (霊烏路) (OTL Kamchatka)

北海道 (Hokkaidō) has been conquered after 29 years, 千島列島 (Chishima Islands) has been conquered after 44 years, OTL  after 99 years, OTL  after 115 years, and OTL  after 120 years.

Allies
The colours for different nations are follow: Blue = Good condition - means that the ally shows no harm or anything and is helping and being friendly to Japan Red = Risky/Cautious - Japan is very cautious about it, and doesn't know yet whether to actually trust the ally nation or not.
 * Majapahit (since 1450)
 * Vijayanagar (विजयनगर) (since 1451)
 * Siam (สยาม) (since 1455)
 * Sultanate of Bengal (বাংলার ওমানে) (1495)
 * Formosa (타이완) (1588)

Enemy
Japan is mainly a peaceful nation and does not wish to fight anyone, and rather signs/have peace treaties instead.

The colours for different nations as follows: Yellow = A watch is issued to make sure it does not show any threat to Japan. Red = Warning/Caution is issued as this nation is acting hostile to Japan and may need help to prevent a war from happening.


 * Ryūkyū Kingdom (琉球國)

Culture
Shintō, Buddhism and Mikoism are main and official religions of Japan.

Government
Currently Feudal military dictatorship. There is an Empress/Emperor along with a Shogun.

List of Empress/Emperor

 * Emperor Go-Hanazono (1450-1470)
 * Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1470-1500)
 * Empress Hakurei (山田 葉月, Yamada Hazuki) (1500-1576)
 * Emperor Hatsuhiko (1576-1603)
 * Empress 西行/Saigyō (1603-1650)
 * Emperor Katsuyuki (1650-1659)
 * Emperor Mitsumasa (1659-1689)
 * Empress Seishū (1689-1739)
 * Empress Eikō (1739-1780)
 * Emperor Nobuhiro (1780-1818)

List of Shoguns
NOTE: All names listed here are in the order of: Last_First Name.


 * Ashikaga Shogunate (足利幕府) (1338-1525)
 * (1449-1473)
 * Ashikaga Fumikazu (1473-1498)
 * Ashikaga Ginnosuke (1498-1525)


 * Satomi Shogunate (里見幕府) (1525-1630)
 * Satomi Hirozō (1525-1544)
 * Satomi Hidefumi (1544-1576)
 * Satomi Kimiyasu (1576-1614)
 * Satomi Naoyasu (1614-1628)
 * Satomi Katsutaka (1628-1630)


 * Mononobe Shogunate (物部幕府) (1630-1878)
 * Mononobe Yukihito (1630-1652)
 * Mononobe Kesanori (1654-1663)
 * Mononobe Hiromitsu (1663-1671)
 * Mononobe Akiyuki (1671-1687)
 * Mononobe Kiyotaka (1687-1699)
 * Mononobe Mitsuhiko (1699-1714)
 * Mononobe Nobukazu (1714-1730)
 * Mononobe Ryōkan (1730-1748)
 * Mononobe Sōichi (1748-1763)
 * Mononobe Tadayoshi (1763-1780)
 * Mononobe Itsuhito (1780-1795)
 * Mononobe Kiyohito (1795-1815)
 * Mononobe Mitsuaki (1815-1838)
 * Mononobe Masamitsu (1838-1850)
 * Mononobe Yoshinobu (1850-1868)
 * Mononobe Iemochi (1868-1878)


 * Rin Shogunate (林幕府) (1878-1932?) (Yes, Rin is also, beleive it or not, a surname as well)
 * Rin Takahito (1878-1893)
 * Rin Kogorō (1893-1921)
 * Rin Keishi (1921-1932)


 * Empire of Japan (大日本帝國) (1932?-present)
 * Kitahara Satomi (female, 1932-1949)
 * Tahara Yuyuko (female, 1949-1961)
 * Tōyama Yumeko (female, 1961-1975)
 * Miyazaki Yukina (female, 1975-1988)
 * Wakana Sanae (female, 1988-1999)
 * Komeiji Rin (OTL ) (female, 1999-2007)
 * Takano Koishi (female, 2007-)

Puppets/Vassals
Okinawa Kingdom
 * Name: 沖縄國
 * Flag: [[Image:Flag of Okinawa Kingdom.png|25px|border]]
 * Coat of Arms: [[Image:Coat of Arms of Okinawa Kingdom.png|25px|border]]
 * Capital:
 * Language: Japanese, Ryūkyū languages
 * Religion: Shintō, Buddhism
 * Regime: Kingdom
 * Emperor:
 * Currency: Ryūkyū Yen
 * Established: 1522

The 沖縄國 (Okinawa Kingdom) is a vassal of Japan since the result of the Ryūkyū war. The vassal occupies the Northern part of the Ryūkyū Islands. Its former enemy was the Pirate-held Ryūkyū Kingdom until their defeat in 1649, in which it was annexed into Okinawa Kingdom following the Ryūkyū-Okinawa War.

幽谷 (Kasodani)
A colony located in 博麗 (Hakurei) (OTL North America) at around OTL San Francisco.

History
Kasodani was established by Satomi Hidetaka in 1503. The colony is controlled by the Satomi Clan.

Major Cities
None yet. The capital of the colony is 東風谷 (Kochiya).

Culture
The culture is mainly Japanese. Main religions are Taoism, Shintō and Buddhism.

東海道 (Tōkaidō)
A colony located in Oceania at around OTL, Papua New Guinea.

History
Tōkaidō was established by Satomi Fukuzō in 1521. The colony is controlled by the Satomi Clan.

Major Cities
None yet. The capital of the colony is 青娥市 (Seiga-shi).

Culture
The culture is mainly Japanese.

屠自古 (Tojiko)
A colony located in Oceania at around OTL.

History
Tōkaidō was established by Satomi Atsuyoshi in 1590. The colony is controlled by the Satomi Clan.

Major Cities
None yet. The capital of the colony is 木更津市 (Kisarazu-shi).

Culture
The culture is mainly Japanese. Main religions are Jīdūhism, Shintō and Buddhism.

宮古 (Miyako)
A colony located in 物部 (Mononobe) (OTL South America) at around OTL.

History
Miyako was established by Mononobe Atsuyoshi in 1651. The colony is controlled by the Mononobe Clan.

Major Cities
None yet.

Culture
The culture is mainly Japanese.

Other
Japan will always be referred to as 'she' regardless.