Onin War

The Onin War (応仁の乱 Ōnin no Ran) was a civil war from 1467 to 1477 during the Muromachi period in Japan. A dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Souzen escalated into a nationwide war involving the Ashikaga shogunate and various daimyo.

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1467 - 1477 - Muromachi period - Japan - Hosokawa Katsumoto - Yamana Souzen - Ashikaga shogunate - Daimyo

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The war initiated the Sengoku jidai, "the Warring States period". This period was a long, drawn-out struggle for domination by individual daimyo, resulting in a mass power-struggle between the various houses to dominate the whole of Japan. It was during this time though, that there would emerge three individuals who would later be considered the three great daimyo of the Sengoku Period, and who would eventually unite Japan under one clan; they were Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Sengoku jidai - Oda Nobunaga - Toyotomi Hideyoshi - Tokugawa Ieyasu

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