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Ōnin War

The Ōnin War (応仁の乱, Ōnin no Ran), also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin and Ōnin-Bunmei war, was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan. Ōnin refers to the Japanese era during which the war started; the war ended during the Bunmei era. A dispute between a high official, Hosokawa Katsumoto, and a regional lord, Yamana…

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Location
Throughout Japan, though most intense fighting in Kyoto and Yamashiro Province
Date
both sides are militarily exhausted and the Ōuchi abandon Kyoto. Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate and Ashikaga Yoshihisa becomes shōgun · Most of Kyoto destroyed · Emergence of the Ikkō-ikki · Continuing civil war within the Hatakeyama clan · Disintegration of the power of the shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period
Result
both sides are militarily exhausted and the Ōuchi abandon Kyoto. Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate and Ashikaga Yoshihisa becomes shōgun · Most of Kyoto destroyed · Emergence of the Ikkō-ikki · Continuing civil war within the Hatakeyama clan · Disintegration of the power of the shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period

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related to Aftermath · 18
Ōnin War → After, Ashikaga, Hosokawa, Hosokawa Kanrei, Hosokawa Masamoto, In, Kanrei, Kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto, Kyoto, Sumimoto, Takakuni, Thence, This, War, When Yoshimi's, Yamaguchi, Yoshitane, Yoshizumi
related to Ōnin Ki · 7
Ōnin War → Hosokawa Katsumoto, It, Ki, Onin War, The, War, Yamana Sōzen
Date · 6
Ōnin War → 1467–1477 (10 years), both sides are militarily exhausted and the Ōuchi abandon Kyoto. Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate and Ashikaga Yoshihisa becomes shōgun, Continuing civil war within the Hatakeyama clan, Disintegration of the power of the shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period, Emergence of the Ikkō-ikki, Most of Kyoto destroyed
Result · 5
Ōnin War → both sides are militarily exhausted and the Ōuchi abandon Kyoto. Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate and Ashikaga Yoshihisa becomes shōgun, Continuing civil war within the Hatakeyama clan, Disintegration of the power of the shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period, Emergence of the Ikkō-ikki, Most of Kyoto destroyed
related to External links · 4
Ōnin War → Media, War, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Location · 1
Ōnin War → Throughout Japan, though most intense fighting in Kyoto and Yamashiro Province

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hosokawa war yamana ashikaga kyoto ōnin ōuchi yoshihisa japan yoshimasa clan shōgun shogunate civil states period yoshimi katsumoto becomes ikkō-ikki

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Ōnin WarDateboth sides are militarily exhausted and the Ōuchi abandon Kyoto. Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate and Ashikaga Yoshihisa becomes shōgun1.00infobox
Ōnin WarDateMost of Kyoto destroyed1.00infobox
Ōnin WarDateEmergence of the Ikkō-ikki1.00infobox
Ōnin WarDateContinuing civil war within the Hatakeyama clan1.00infobox
Ōnin WarDateDisintegration of the power of the shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period1.00infobox
Ōnin WarDate1467–1477 (10 years)1.00infobox
Ōnin WarLocationThroughout Japan, though most intense fighting in Kyoto and Yamashiro Province1.00infobox
Ōnin WarResultboth sides are militarily exhausted and the Ōuchi abandon Kyoto. Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate and Ashikaga Yoshihisa becomes shōgun1.00infobox
Ōnin WarResultMost of Kyoto destroyed1.00infobox
Ōnin WarResultEmergence of the Ikkō-ikki1.00infobox
Ōnin WarResultContinuing civil war within the Hatakeyama clan1.00infobox
Ōnin WarResultDisintegration of the power of the shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period1.00infobox

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