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Intensification of the Nanboku-chō Standoff in Japan

Type Event Region Japan Time 1370–1379

In the 1370s, Japan's Nanboku-chō division entered a stalemate; the Northern Court's Ashikaga shogunate held Kyoto while the Southern Court resisted …

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  1. 1370–1375Kinai provinces · KinaiThough the Northern Court shogunate held Kyoto, Southern Court forces remained active in Kii, Kawachi, and elsewhere, and the loyalties of shugo daimyō diverged. Warfare was frequent in the Kinai in the early 1370s, manor order was disrupted, and imperial authority became further dependent on the warrior government.
  2. 1378–1379Muromachi · KyotoIn 1378, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (then Yoshinori's heir) moved into the Muromachi residence, shifting the shogunate's political center from the imperial palace to Muromachi, from which the name 'Muromachi shogunate' was fixed. Kyoto became the stage on which the Northern Court and the warrior government operated side by side, institutionalizing the north-south standoff over the long term.

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