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Decline of the Miyoshi Clan

Type Event Region Asia Time 1564–1568

In the 1560s, the Miyoshi clan, which had controlled the Kinai region and Kyoto, fell into internal strife after the death of its head Miyoshi Nagayo…

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  1. 1564Kyoto · KyotoMiyoshi head Miyoshi Nagayoshi died in 1564, depriving the clan of a unifying command. The Miyoshi Sanshū and Matsunaga Hisahide's faction began competing for dominance of Kinai, and Kyoto politics fell into division.
  2. 1565–1566Kinai · KinaiMatsunaga Hisahide murdered Miyoshi Yoshitsugu in 1565 and held Shigisan Castle, waging civil war against the Miyoshi Sanshū and Iwanaga Tomomichi. The internal alliances of the Miyoshi clan collapsed, and its control over Kyoto declined sharply.
  3. 1567–1568Kyoto · KyotoBetween 1567 and 1568, remnant Miyoshi forces and Matsunaga Hisahide fought back and forth in Kinai, unable to stop Oda Nobunaga and Ashikaga Yoshiaki from marching on Kyoto. The Miyoshi clan's status as hegemon of Kinai ended, and Kyoto fell into the hands of rising powers.

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