Ōnin War
15th-century civil war in Japan
The Ōnin War (応仁の乱, Ōnin no Ran) was a civil war in Japan.[1] It lasted 10 years, starting in 1467 and ending in 1477.
Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen had a conflict that grew into a war throughout the country. The Ashikaga shogunate and some daimyo in many regions of Japan fought in this war.
The conflict was the beginning of a very long struggle to dominate all of Japan.
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change- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōnin no Ran" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 754.
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