Outbreak of the Ōnin War

Name: Outbreak of the Ōnin War
Start: 1467
End: 1477

Type Event Region Japan Time 1467–1477

In 1467, over the question of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa's successor, the two shikken factions of Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen clashed arms in …

Timeline

1464–1467Kyoto Imperial Palace · KyotoAshikaga Yoshimasa first designated his brother Yoshimi as heir, then changed to his son Yoshihisa, sparking opposition between the Yoshimi and Yoshihisa factions and their backing daimyō; mediation within the court and shogunate failed.
1467Higashiyama area of Kyoto · KyotoHosokawa Katsumoto led the Eastern Army and Yamana Sōzen the Western Army, each mustering samurai in Kyoto and burning each other's residences; armed conflict formally erupted, known in history as the Ōnin War.
1467–1477Kyoto · KyotoThe two armies repeatedly contested the imperial palace and machiya, most of Kyoto was burned, the shogun and court authority existed in name only, provincial shugo daimyō seized the chance to expand, and the shogunate's control system disintegrated.

Sources

A History of Japan, 1334-1615 — George Sansom (1961)
応仁・文明の乱 — 今谷明 (1995)