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Centralization of the Muromachi Shogunate (1430s)

Type Event Region Asia Time 1431–1440

In the 1430s, under Ashikaga Yoshinori, the Muromachi shogunate pursued political centralization, heightening tensions between center and periphery a…

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  1. 1431–1434Kyoto · KinkiThe shogunate expanded its authority to adjudicate lawsuits and grants of favor in the provinces, weakening some shugo's independent judicial power within their domains, and the weight of the shogun's directly controlled institutions in governance increased.
  2. 1435–1440Japanese archipelago · JapanThe shogunate implemented personnel changes and military intimidation against various powers in Kantō and the Kinai, attempting to channel more of the economic revenues from manors and tsuchinaka into the shogun's household, provoking resistance from provincial daimyō and temples.

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