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*Pre-shogunate {{c|660 BCE–1185}}
*Pre-shogunate {{c|660 BCE–1185}}
*{{wiki|Kamakura shogunate}} {{c|1185–1333}}
*{{Wiki|Kamakura shogunate}} {{c|1185–1333}}
*{{wiki|Ashikaga shogunate}} {{c|1336–1573}}
*[[Ashikaga shogunate]] {{c|1336–1573}}
*[[Tokugawa shogunate]] {{c|1600–1868}}<ref name="Memories">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref><ref name="Fragments">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]'' – {{Cite|6 June 2021. Chapters needed}}</ref>
*[[Tokugawa shogunate]] {{c|1600–1868}}<ref name="Memories">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref><ref name="Fragments">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]'' – {{Cite|6 June 2021}}</ref>
*{{wiki|Empire of Japan}} {{c|1868–1947}}
*{{Wiki|Empire of Japan}} {{c|1868–1947}}
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*{{wiki|Kamakura}}
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|major_conflicts=*[[Sengoku period]]<ref name="Memories" />
*[[Boshin War]]
*[[Boshin War]]
*[[World War II]]
*[[World War II]]
|region = [[Asia|East Asia]]
|region=[[Asia|East Asia]]
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*[[Yokohama]]
*[[Yokohama]]
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'''Japan''', also known as '''Cipango''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]'' – [[Stop the Burning of the City]]</ref><ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> is a civilization and island country situated in [[Asia|East Asia]] with the world's oldest monarchy.
'''Japan''', also known as '''Cipango''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]'' – [[Stop the Burning of the City]]</ref><ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref><ref name="ACFT 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> is a civilization and island country situated in [[Asia|East Asia]] with the world's oldest monarchy.


A relatively younger nation in comparison to its neighbours, [[China]] and [[Korea]], Japan experienced an initial period of {{wiki|Nara period|imperial centralization}} and tremendous cultural flowering through its import of Chinese societal and political customs as part of the {{wiki|Heian period}}. Over time, the aristocratic preoccupation with their insular artistic lifestyle gave rise to feudal states ruled by an elite military class known as the [[samurai]]. The emperor henceforth became a figurehead for the head of the samurai, the {{wiki|shōgun}}.
A relatively younger nation in comparison to its neighbours, [[China]] and [[Korea]], Japan experienced an initial period of {{Wiki|Nara period|imperial centralization}} and tremendous cultural flowering through its import of Chinese societal and political customs as part of the {{Wiki|Heian period}}. Over time, the aristocratic preoccupation with their insular artistic lifestyle gave rise to feudal states ruled by an elite military class known as the [[samurai]]. The emperor henceforth became a figurehead for the head of the samurai, the [[shōgun]].


As centuries passed, this decentralization culminated in the [[Sengoku period]] in the 16th century, wherein hundreds of states vied for dominion over all of Japan and hoped to establish a new {{wiki|shōgunate}}. It was in this pivotal era that the contest between the [[Assassins]] and the [[Templars]] in Japan reached new heights, for they integrated themselves heavily in the turmoil through their training as [[ninja]], allying themselves with ''{{wiki|daimyō}}'', or—in the case of those such as [[Oda Nobunaga]] and [[Uesugi Kenshin]]—serving as warlords themselves. In this chaotic contest, the Assassins emerged as the victor in 1603 through their chosen ally, [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], inaugurating almost two centuries of peace and stability coupled with social stagnation and isolationism.
As centuries passed, this decentralization culminated in the [[Sengoku period]] in the 16th century, wherein hundreds of states vied for dominion over all of Japan and hoped to establish a new {{Wiki|shōgunate}}. It was in this pivotal era that the contest between the [[Assassins]] and the [[Templars]] in Japan reached new heights, for they integrated themselves heavily in the turmoil through their training as [[ninja]], allying themselves with ''[[daimyō]]'', or—in the case of those such as [[Oda Nobunaga]] and [[Uesugi Kenshin]]—serving as warlords themselves. In this chaotic contest, the Assassins emerged as the victor in 1603 through their chosen ally, [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], inaugurating almost two centuries of peace and stability coupled with social stagnation and isolationism.


Japan was eventually pressured to {{wiki|Meiji Restoration|rapidly modernize}} by the threat of Western imperialism, and this culminated in the [[Boshin War]] between the Tokugawa shogunate, supported by the Assassins, and the Imperial Court, supported by the Templars. The latter's victory led to the dissolution of the shōgunate in 1868, returning full prestige, if not power, to the emperor. With the establishment of the {{wiki|Empire of Japan}}, the increasingly nationalistic state unleashed brutal invasions on its Asian neighbours over the first half of the 20th century. Its onslaught and militaristic regime only ended when it was defeated in [[World War II]] by the [[United States]].
Japan was eventually pressured to {{Wiki|Meiji Restoration|rapidly modernize}} by the threat of Western imperialism, and this culminated in the [[Boshin War]] between the Tokugawa shogunate, supported by the Assassins, and the Imperial Court, supported by the Templars. The latter's victory led to the dissolution of the shogunate in 1868, returning full prestige, if not power, to the emperor. With the establishment of the {{Wiki|Empire of Japan}}, the increasingly nationalistic state unleashed brutal invasions on its Asian neighbours over the first half of the 20th century. Its onslaught and militaristic regime only ended when it was defeated in [[World War II]] by the [[United States]].


In the present day, the {{wiki|Japan|State of Japan}} is a sovereign state with its capital at [[Tokyo]]. An [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin presence]] in [[Osaka]], one of its largest cities, survived both the [[Great Purge]] of 2000 and a Templar assault in 2012. It became integrated with the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], a [[yakuza]] crime syndicate, in late 2013.
In the present day, the {{Wiki|Japan|State of Japan}} is a sovereign state with its capital at [[Tokyo]]. An [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin presence]] in [[Osaka]], one of its largest cities, survived both the [[Great Purge]] of 2000 and a Templar assault in 2012. It became integrated with the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], a [[yakuza]] crime syndicate, in late 2013.


== History==
==History==
===Nara period===
===Nara period===
In 717, the Japanese scholar and {{Wiki|Waka (poetry)|''waka''}} poet [[Abe no Nakamaro]] traveled to the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Empire]] as part of a {{Wiki|Japanese mission to Tang China|mission}}, the other members of this mission returned to Japan but Nakamaro elected to stay. After passing the {{Wiki|Imperial examination|civil-service examination}}, Nakamaro held many administrative positions in the country.<ref>{{WP|Abe no Nakamaro}}</ref> In 753, he attempted to sail back to Japan but was shipwrecked off at {{wiki|Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyu}}, and went ashore at the coast of [[Vietnam]].<ref name="ACD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref>
In 717, the Japanese scholar and ''{{Wiki|Waka (poetry)|waka}}'' poet [[Abe no Nakamaro]] traveled to the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Empire]] as part of a {{Wiki|Japanese missions to Imperial China|mission}}, the other members of this mission returned to Japan but Nakamaro elected to stay. After passing the {{Wiki|Imperial examination|civil-service examination}}, Nakamaro held many administrative positions in the country.<ref>{{WP|Abe no Nakamaro}}</ref> In 753, he attempted to sail back to Japan but was shipwrecked off at {{Wiki|Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyu}}, and went ashore at the coast of [[Vietnam]].<ref name="ACD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref>


===Kamakura period===
===Kamakura period===
By 1257, knowledge of the country had reached the Western world through secondhand accounts of the country by China. [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] suggested spreading rumours that his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] had been transported to Japan or [[Cyprus]] to draw away the [[Templars]] from looking for it beneath [[Masyaf]].<ref name="Lost Legacy" />
By 1257, knowledge of the country had reached the Western world through secondhand accounts of the country by China. The [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]]' [[Mentor]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] suggested spreading rumours that his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] had been transported to Japan or [[Cyprus]] to draw away the [[Templars]] from looking for it in his [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|library]] beneath [[Masyaf]].<ref name="Lost Legacy" />


===Sengoku period===
===Sengoku period===
After several defeats by the Assassins in [[Europe]] during the early 16th century, the Templars led by [[Francis Xavier]] sought to spread their influence in Japan. Despite the difficulties posed by the the island's warring states, they recruited a few Japanese sympathizers like [[Mochizuki Chiyome]]. The Assassins responded by recruiting rival ninjas like [[Hattori Hanzō]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>
After several defeats by the Assassins in [[Europe]] during the early 16th century, the Templars led by [[Francis Xavier]] sought to spread their influence in Japan. Despite the difficulties posed by the the island's warring states, they recruited a few Japanese sympathizers like [[Mochizuki Chiyome]]. The Assassins responded by recruiting rival ninjas like [[Hattori Hanzō]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>
In time, the Assassins were able to build a [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|strong branch]] in Japan. One of the first Assassins to arrive in the country was [[Kotetsu]], a native of Japan who had trained under the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Brotherhood]]'s Mentor [[Shao Jun]] and sought to establish a [[Assassin Guild|guild]] alongside other like-minded individuals to fight the Templars' influence.<ref name="Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Creed]]</ref> However, Kotetsu's arrival was preceded by that of the [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Assassin]] [[Alvaro Catarribera]], who founded the league known as the Kakushiba ''ikki'' alongside his apprentice, [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu|Tsuyu]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin]]</ref>
[[File:ACSH Oda Nobunaga's troops invading Iga.png|thumb|250px|Oda Nobunaga's invasion of Iga]]
The Kakushiba ''ikki'' grew to include various recruits, many of them drawn from among the ranks of the [[Iga ikki|Iga ''ikki'']], such as [[Fujibayashi Nagato]], [[Momochi Sandayu]], and Hattori Hanzō.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> While the Assassins were tasked by Emperor [[Tomohito|Go-Nara]] with safeguarding the three [[Imperial Regalia of Japan]],<ref name="Secrets of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Secrets of the Blade]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 3|Chapter 3]]</ref> they would eventually lose the artifacts to the [[Shinbakufu]], a group founded by the deposed ''[[shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], who allied with the Templars to regain his power.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade" />
After the Kakushiba ''ikki'' was decimated by the Shinbakufu, the Templars [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]] could further their plans unopposed. These included using the Imperial Regalia to influence the beliefs of the Japanese people as a means of controlling them, and manipulating [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] to betray his lord, [[Oda Nobunaga]], whose ambitions to unify Japan posed a threat to the Templars' plans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> Following Nobunaga's [[Honnō-ji incident|death]] in 1582,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Temple of the Horseman]]</ref> his former retainer [[Yasuke]] and the ''kunoichi'' [[Fujibayashi Naoe]], a survivor of Nobunaga's [[Tenshō Iga War|invasion]] of [[Iga]], joined forces to fight against the Shinbakufu and the Templars. With the help of other allies, they formed a new incarnation of the Kakushiba ''ikki'',<ref name="Lightning and Thunder">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' –  [[Lightning and Thunder]]</ref> eliminated the Shinbakufu and their Templar masters, and recovered the Imperial Regalia.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>


===Edo period===
===Edo period===
In 1615, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] assisted the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in eliminating the last vestiges of the {{wiki|Toyotomi clan}} led by {{wiki|Toyotomi Hideyori}}, the youngest son of the late [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. This battle became known as the [[Siege of Osaka]], which resulted in the Tokugawa clan eliminating the last remaining threat to the shogunate. During the siege, Japanese Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]], son of [[Hattori Hanzo]], fought valiantly in the summer campaign, but was ultimately killed.<ref name="ACM" />
In 1615, the Japanese Assassins assisted the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in eliminating the last vestiges of the {{Wiki|Toyotomi clan}} led by [[Toyotomi Hideyori]], the youngest son of the late [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. This battle became known as the [[Siege of Osaka]], which resulted in the Tokugawa clan eliminating the last remaining threat to the shogunate. During the siege, Japanese Assassin [[Hattori Masanari]], son of Hattori Hanzō, fought valiantly in the summer campaign, but was ultimately killed.<ref name="ACM" />


In the early 18th century, [[Shimazu Saito]], the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Templar-affiliated [[Shimazu clan]], was brought to Japan following her father's death to be trained in the clan's ways alongside her friends. After completing her training and being [[Initiation into the Templar Order|inducted]] into the Templar Order, Saito was tasked to search for the lost [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]], an alleged [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|site]], and left Japan alongside her friends and subordinates.<ref name="ACFT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref>
In the early 18th century, [[Shimazu Saito]], the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Templar-affiliated [[Shimazu clan]], was brought to Japan following her father's death to be trained in the clan's ways alongside her friends. After completing her training and being [[Initiation into the Templar Order|inducted]] into the Templar Order, Saito was tasked to search for the lost [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]], an alleged [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|site]], and left Japan alongside her friends and subordinates.<ref name="FT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> In her later years, after her journey with the [[Zhawang Corporation|Zhang Wei Union]], Saito would return to Japan and ultimately pass away from old age.<ref name="FT 114">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 114|Episode 114]]</ref>


====Bakumatsu era====
====Bakumatsu era====
By 1868, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] was on its last legs. With the rapid modernization of Japan through Western influence since the arrival of Matthew Perry and the Black Fleet in the mid-1850s, the Templars were able to infiltrate the Imperial Court in Kyoto and convince [[Emperor Meiji]] to take action against the shogunate in Edo led by [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], a powerful ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Fragments" />
By 1868, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] was on its last legs. With the rapid modernization of Japan through Western influence since the arrival of Matthew Perry and the Black Fleet in the mid-1850s, the Templars were able to infiltrate the Imperial Court in Kyoto and convince [[Mutsuhito|Emperor Meiji]] to take action against the shogunate in Edo led by [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], a powerful ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Fragments" />


===21st century===
===Modern era===
[[Abstergo Industries]] gave [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] authorization to test the atomic bomb, making them directly responsible for the {{Wiki|Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombings}} of {{Wiki|Hiroshima}} and [[Nagasaki]] that ended [[World War II]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph #13: "I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds"]]</ref>
[[Abstergo Industries]] gave [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] authorization to test the atomic bomb, making them directly responsible for the {{Wiki|Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombings}} of {{Wiki|Hiroshima}} and [[Nagasaki]] that ended [[World War II]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #13: "I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds"</ref>


On 6 December 2000, on [[Kyushu]] island, during the [[Great Purge]], Abstergo troops led by [[Maxime Gorm]] led a raid on an Assassin training camp, where they killed nearly all inhabitants, except [[Tomo Sakagawa]] and [[Hajime Shimada]], who escaped the ambush.<ref name="Book1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]''</ref>
[[File:ACBloodstone Assassin Training Camp.png|thumb|240px|left|The Assassin training camp on Kyushu]]
On 6 December 2000, on [[Kyushu]] island, Abstergo troops led by [[Maxime Gorm]] conducted a raid on an Assassin training camp as part of the [[Great Purge]]. The Templars killed all of the camp's inhabitants, except [[Tomo Sakagawa]] and [[Hajime Shimada]], who managed to escape.<ref name="Book1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]''</ref>


In August 2012, in his [[Cryptic Messages|cryptic messages]] prior to his suicide, [[Clay Kaczmarek]] made references to the {{Wiki|Yonaguni Monument}}, and drew imagery of {{Wiki|Mount Fuji}}, {{Wiki|Japanese architecture#Asuka and Nara architecture|Nara-style pagodas}}, and a {{Wiki|torii}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
In August 2012, in his [[Cryptic Messages|cryptic messages]] prior to his suicide, [[Clay Kaczmarek]] made references to the {{Wiki|Yonaguni Monument}}, and drew imagery of {{Wiki|Mount Fuji}}, {{Wiki|Japanese architecture#Asuka and Nara architecture|Nara-style pagodas}}, and a {{Wiki|torii}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>


In 2013, the Assassin headquarters in [[Osaka]] was attacked by the yakuza faction known as [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], resulting in the death of [[Mentor]] [[Kenichi Mochizuki]]. As retaliation, his wife [[Saeko Mochizuki]] led an attack on the yakuza faction, taking over the organization and using it as a front for the Assassin activities and leading as the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]]'s new Mentor.<ref name="ACI" />
{{Wiki|Whaling in Japan|Whaling}} is a controversial issue in Japan. [[Susan Drayton]], an Assassin and environmentalist, originally intended to use the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' to fight Japanese whalers.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Tree-Hugger"</ref>
 
In 2013, the Assassin headquarters in [[Osaka]] was attacked by the [[yakuza]] faction known as the [[Onmoraki-Gumi]], resulting in the death of Mentor [[Kenichi Mochizuki]]. In retaliation, his wife [[Saeko Mochizuki]], who succeeded him as Mentor, led an attack on the Onmoraki-Gumi, taking over the organization and using it as a front for Assassin activities.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "The Osaka Brotherhood"</ref>
 
On 28 July 2017, Tomo Sakagawa worked in an arcade in [[Tokyo]] while researching overnight for any mentions of Maxime Gorm. After catching a brief mention of him in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]], Tomo met with his mentor Hajime Shimada and told him about Gorm's possible involvement with [[Animus]] technicians [[Thomas Adler|Thomas]] and [[Alice Adler]] and Dr. [[Nathalie Chapman]], who had been stealing and utilizing Abstergo's [[Helix]] data for her own business. Reluctantly, Hajime allowed Tomo to travel to Switzerland to investigate this lead.<ref name="Book1" />
 
By 2019, Abstergo had established a [[Abstergo Industries Yokohama facility|clinic]] in [[Yokohama]], which they utilized as a front to search for living descendants of prominent Assassins and use their [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] to find various [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]]. That year, the teenager [[Kō Risa]] became the latest victim of Abstergo and was made to relive the memories of her ancestor Shao Jun, under the guise of receiving treatment for her violent impulses.<ref name="Homecoming">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[Homecoming (manga)|Homecoming]]</ref> After meeting the Japanese Assassin [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] and learning the truth about the Assassins and Templars,<ref name="Bleeding Effect">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[The Bleeding Effect]]</ref> Risa decided to end her treatment, only to be taken hostage by Dr. [[Kaori Kagami]].<ref name="The Great Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' – [[The Great Wall]]</ref> Risa ultimately managed to escape with the help of her cousin [[Mari]] and Kiyoshi, and joined the Assassins.<ref name="Creed" />
 
[[File:Tokyo XXI - Kiyoshi Takakura 2.jpg|thumb|230px|Kiyoshi infiltrating the Abstergo facility in Tokyo]]
In 2020, the Abstergo [[Abstergo Industries Tokyo facility|facility]] in Tokyo was infiltrated by an Assassin team comprising [[Layla Hassan]], [[Rebecca Crane]], [[Shaun Hastings]], and Kiyoshi Takakura, who extracted an Assassin mole, Dr. [[Kazui]], and destroyed his DNA data from the Abstergo database. Despite an altercation with the [[Master Templar]] [[Juhani Otso Berg]], the Assassins were ultimately able to accomplish their mission and escape the facility.<ref name="Tokyo XXI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]] – [[Tokyo XXI]]''</ref>


On 28 July 2017, Tomo was working in an arcade while researching overnight for any mention of Maxime Gorm when he caught a brief mention of him in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. The next day, Tomo met with Hajime about Gorm's possible involvement with Animus technicians [[Thomas Adler]] and [[Alice Adler]] and Dr. [[Nathalie Chapman]], who had been stealing and utilizing Abstergo's [[Helix]] data for her own business. With no options left, Tomo persuaded Hajime to go and investigate his findings.<ref name="Book1" />
In 2023, [[Noa Kim]] infiltrated the [[Abstergo Genetic Research Lab]] in Osaka to rescue [[Shimazu Sei]], who was being used as an Animus [[Animus Project|test subject]] to track down a [[Lotus disk|Piece of Eden]].<ref name="FT 113">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 113|Episode 113]]</ref> Although Noa managed to save Sei and escape from the Research Lab with the help of [[DedSec]] and a [[Southeast Asian Assassin cell|team]] of Assassins,<ref name="FT 114" /> he was too late to prevent Abstergo from finding and retrieving the artifact from Shimazu Saito's grave.<ref name="FT 113" />


{{Wiki|Whaling in Japan|Whaling}} is a controversial issue. [[Susan Drayton]], an Assassin and environmentalist, originally intended to use the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' to fight Japanese whalers.<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – {{Cite|files needed}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACSH 16th century map of Japan.jpg|16th century map of Japan
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]''
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''
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Japan, also known as Cipango,[3][4][5] is a civilization and island country situated in East Asia with the world's oldest monarchy.

A relatively younger nation in comparison to its neighbours, China and Korea, Japan experienced an initial period of imperial centralization and tremendous cultural flowering through its import of Chinese societal and political customs as part of the Heian period. Over time, the aristocratic preoccupation with their insular artistic lifestyle gave rise to feudal states ruled by an elite military class known as the samurai. The emperor henceforth became a figurehead for the head of the samurai, the shōgun.

As centuries passed, this decentralization culminated in the Sengoku period in the 16th century, wherein hundreds of states vied for dominion over all of Japan and hoped to establish a new shōgunate. It was in this pivotal era that the contest between the Assassins and the Templars in Japan reached new heights, for they integrated themselves heavily in the turmoil through their training as ninja, allying themselves with daimyō, or—in the case of those such as Oda Nobunaga and Uesugi Kenshin—serving as warlords themselves. In this chaotic contest, the Assassins emerged as the victor in 1603 through their chosen ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu, inaugurating almost two centuries of peace and stability coupled with social stagnation and isolationism.

Japan was eventually pressured to rapidly modernize by the threat of Western imperialism, and this culminated in the Boshin War between the Tokugawa shogunate, supported by the Assassins, and the Imperial Court, supported by the Templars. The latter's victory led to the dissolution of the shogunate in 1868, returning full prestige, if not power, to the emperor. With the establishment of the Empire of Japan, the increasingly nationalistic state unleashed brutal invasions on its Asian neighbours over the first half of the 20th century. Its onslaught and militaristic regime only ended when it was defeated in World War II by the United States.

In the present day, the State of Japan is a sovereign state with its capital at Tokyo. An Assassin presence in Osaka, one of its largest cities, survived both the Great Purge of 2000 and a Templar assault in 2012. It became integrated with the Onmoraki-Gumi, a yakuza crime syndicate, in late 2013.

History[edit | edit source]

Nara period[edit | edit source]

In 717, the Japanese scholar and waka poet Abe no Nakamaro traveled to the Tang Empire as part of a mission, the other members of this mission returned to Japan but Nakamaro elected to stay. After passing the civil-service examination, Nakamaro held many administrative positions in the country.[6] In 753, he attempted to sail back to Japan but was shipwrecked off at Ryukyu, and went ashore at the coast of Vietnam.[7]

Kamakura period[edit | edit source]

By 1257, knowledge of the country had reached the Western world through secondhand accounts of the country by China. The Levantine Assassins' Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad suggested spreading rumours that his Apple of Eden had been transported to Japan or Cyprus to draw away the Templars from looking for it in his library beneath Masyaf.[4]

Sengoku period[edit | edit source]

After several defeats by the Assassins in Europe during the early 16th century, the Templars led by Francis Xavier sought to spread their influence in Japan. Despite the difficulties posed by the the island's warring states, they recruited a few Japanese sympathizers like Mochizuki Chiyome. The Assassins responded by recruiting rival ninjas like Hattori Hanzō.[8]

In time, the Assassins were able to build a strong branch in Japan. One of the first Assassins to arrive in the country was Kotetsu, a native of Japan who had trained under the Chinese Brotherhood's Mentor Shao Jun and sought to establish a guild alongside other like-minded individuals to fight the Templars' influence.[9] However, Kotetsu's arrival was preceded by that of the Spanish Assassin Alvaro Catarribera, who founded the league known as the Kakushiba ikki alongside his apprentice, Tsuyu.[10]

Oda Nobunaga's invasion of Iga

The Kakushiba ikki grew to include various recruits, many of them drawn from among the ranks of the Iga ikki, such as Fujibayashi Nagato, Momochi Sandayu, and Hattori Hanzō.[11] While the Assassins were tasked by Emperor Go-Nara with safeguarding the three Imperial Regalia of Japan,[12][13] they would eventually lose the artifacts to the Shinbakufu, a group founded by the deposed shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who allied with the Templars to regain his power.[11]

After the Kakushiba ikki was decimated by the Shinbakufu, the Templars Nuno Caro and Duarte de Melo could further their plans unopposed. These included using the Imperial Regalia to influence the beliefs of the Japanese people as a means of controlling them, and manipulating Akechi Mitsuhide to betray his lord, Oda Nobunaga, whose ambitions to unify Japan posed a threat to the Templars' plans.[14] Following Nobunaga's death in 1582,[15] his former retainer Yasuke and the kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe, a survivor of Nobunaga's invasion of Iga, joined forces to fight against the Shinbakufu and the Templars. With the help of other allies, they formed a new incarnation of the Kakushiba ikki,[16] eliminated the Shinbakufu and their Templar masters, and recovered the Imperial Regalia.[17]

Edo period[edit | edit source]

In 1615, the Japanese Assassins assisted the Tokugawa shogunate in eliminating the last vestiges of the Toyotomi clan led by Toyotomi Hideyori, the youngest son of the late Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This battle became known as the Siege of Osaka, which resulted in the Tokugawa clan eliminating the last remaining threat to the shogunate. During the siege, Japanese Assassin Hattori Masanari, son of Hattori Hanzō, fought valiantly in the summer campaign, but was ultimately killed.[8]

In the early 18th century, Shimazu Saito, the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Templar-affiliated Shimazu clan, was brought to Japan following her father's death to be trained in the clan's ways alongside her friends. After completing her training and being inducted into the Templar Order, Saito was tasked to search for the lost Khmer city of Angkor, an alleged Isu site, and left Japan alongside her friends and subordinates.[18] In her later years, after her journey with the Zhang Wei Union, Saito would return to Japan and ultimately pass away from old age.[19]

Bakumatsu era[edit | edit source]

By 1868, the Tokugawa shogunate was on its last legs. With the rapid modernization of Japan through Western influence since the arrival of Matthew Perry and the Black Fleet in the mid-1850s, the Templars were able to infiltrate the Imperial Court in Kyoto and convince Emperor Meiji to take action against the shogunate in Edo led by Tokugawa Yoshinobu, a powerful ally of the Assassins.[2]

Modern era[edit | edit source]

Abstergo Industries gave J. Robert Oppenheimer authorization to test the atomic bomb, making them directly responsible for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II.[20]

The Assassin training camp on Kyushu

On 6 December 2000, on Kyushu island, Abstergo troops led by Maxime Gorm conducted a raid on an Assassin training camp as part of the Great Purge. The Templars killed all of the camp's inhabitants, except Tomo Sakagawa and Hajime Shimada, who managed to escape.[21]

In August 2012, in his cryptic messages prior to his suicide, Clay Kaczmarek made references to the Yonaguni Monument, and drew imagery of Mount Fuji, Nara-style pagodas, and a torii.[22]

Whaling is a controversial issue in Japan. Susan Drayton, an Assassin and environmentalist, originally intended to use the Altaïr II to fight Japanese whalers.[23]

In 2013, the Assassin headquarters in Osaka was attacked by the yakuza faction known as the Onmoraki-Gumi, resulting in the death of Mentor Kenichi Mochizuki. In retaliation, his wife Saeko Mochizuki, who succeeded him as Mentor, led an attack on the Onmoraki-Gumi, taking over the organization and using it as a front for Assassin activities.[24]

On 28 July 2017, Tomo Sakagawa worked in an arcade in Tokyo while researching overnight for any mentions of Maxime Gorm. After catching a brief mention of him in Geneva, Switzerland, Tomo met with his mentor Hajime Shimada and told him about Gorm's possible involvement with Animus technicians Thomas and Alice Adler and Dr. Nathalie Chapman, who had been stealing and utilizing Abstergo's Helix data for her own business. Reluctantly, Hajime allowed Tomo to travel to Switzerland to investigate this lead.[21]

By 2019, Abstergo had established a clinic in Yokohama, which they utilized as a front to search for living descendants of prominent Assassins and use their genetic memories to find various Pieces of Eden. That year, the teenager Kō Risa became the latest victim of Abstergo and was made to relive the memories of her ancestor Shao Jun, under the guise of receiving treatment for her violent impulses.[25] After meeting the Japanese Assassin Kiyoshi Takakura and learning the truth about the Assassins and Templars,[26] Risa decided to end her treatment, only to be taken hostage by Dr. Kaori Kagami.[27] Risa ultimately managed to escape with the help of her cousin Mari and Kiyoshi, and joined the Assassins.[9]

Kiyoshi infiltrating the Abstergo facility in Tokyo

In 2020, the Abstergo facility in Tokyo was infiltrated by an Assassin team comprising Layla Hassan, Rebecca Crane, Shaun Hastings, and Kiyoshi Takakura, who extracted an Assassin mole, Dr. Kazui, and destroyed his DNA data from the Abstergo database. Despite an altercation with the Master Templar Juhani Otso Berg, the Assassins were ultimately able to accomplish their mission and escape the facility.[28]

In 2023, Noa Kim infiltrated the Abstergo Genetic Research Lab in Osaka to rescue Shimazu Sei, who was being used as an Animus test subject to track down a Piece of Eden.[29] Although Noa managed to save Sei and escape from the Research Lab with the help of DedSec and a team of Assassins,[19] he was too late to prevent Abstergo from finding and retrieving the artifact from Shimazu Saito's grave.[29]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • 16th century map of Japan
    16th century map of Japan

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Memories
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu – [citation needed]
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed II: Discovery – Stop the Burning of the City
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Lost Legacy
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 3
  6. ↑ Abe no Nakamaro on Wikipedia
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – The Flower Banquet (Part 1)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Assassin's Creed: Memories
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun – Creed
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Meaning of the Blade
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Secrets of the Blade
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga – Chapter 3
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Temple of the Horseman
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Lightning and Thunder
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 37
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 114
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #13: "I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds"
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone – Book 1
  22. ↑ Assassin's Creed II
  23. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Tree-Hugger"
  24. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "The Osaka Brotherhood"
  25. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun – Homecoming
  26. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun – The Bleeding Effect
  27. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun – The Great Wall
  28. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice – Tokyo XXI
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 113

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