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Would I be right in assuming that the Japanese Warring States period's name (Sengoku Jidai 戦国時代) is an intentional allusion to the much earlier Chinese period of the same name (Zhànguó Shídài 戰國時代)? When, how, and by who was this period named?

by /u/MaxAugust in /r/AskHistorians

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