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Miyoshi Clan Civil Wars (1540s)

Type Event Region Japan Time 1541–1550

In the 1540s, the power of Miyoshi Nagayoshi, shugo of Kinai, expanded rapidly, sparking successive internal conflicts with the Hosokawa clan and var…

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  1. 1541–1546Awa and Kinai · KinaiAfter inheriting his father's legacy, Miyoshi Nagayoshi gradually came to control Awa Province and intervened in the internal struggles of the Hosokawa shugo of Kinai, expanding his influence around Kyoto through military superiority.
  2. 1547–1548Kyoto · KyotoMiyoshi Nagayoshi and Hosokawa Harumoto's camp fought back and forth in Kinai; Miyoshi generals such as Miyoshi Masanaga and Atagi Fuyuyasu were also drawn into power struggles, and the fighting spread to the environs of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
  3. 1549Kyoto Imperial Palace · KyotoMiyoshi Nagayoshi led a large army into Kyoto, forcing Hosokawa Harumoto into exile and taking actual control of the Muromachi court and shogunate, becoming the strongest political and military force in Kinai by the late 1540s.

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