Chinese-Japanese Hundred Years War Analog

Is it possible that areas of China fall to the japanese ruler because they inherit many territories in China thus starting a hundred years war in China either against a chinese emperor or a chinese faction?
 
I don't think that sort of foreign land inheritance was possible in the Eastern World at the time. Plus, until a few centuries ago Japan's demographic and political situation were such that it could only send out pirates to attack China.
 
I can't help but guess this was inspired by B_Munro's recent excellent East is West map, but there is a limit to how far you can stretch it.
 
A direct analogue to the Hundred Years War isn't going to happen, but maybe you could have something like Japan managing to grab several pieces of Chinese territory during one of the times when China is fractured into dozens of mini-states.
 
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