Ōnin War
15th-century civil war in Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ōnin War (応仁の乱, Ōnin no Ran), also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin[3] and Ōnin-Bunmei war,[4] was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan. Ōnin refers to the Japanese era during which the war started; the war ended during the Bunmei era. A dispute between a high official, Hosokawa Katsumoto, and a regional lord, Yamana Sōzen, escalated into a nationwide civil war involving the Ashikaga shogunate and a number of daimyō (大名, feudal lords) in many regions of Japan.
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19th century-painting by Utagawa Yoshitora, depicting a battle of the war | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Eastern Camp:[1]
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Western Camp:[1]
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hosokawa Katsumoto Hatakeyama Masanaga Shiba Yoshitoshi[1] others |
Yamana Sōzen Ōuchi Masahiro Hatakeyama Yoshinari Shiba Yoshikado[1] others | ||||||
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c. 160,000[2] | c. 116,000[2] |
The war initiated the Sengoku period, "the Warring States period." This period was a long, drawn-out struggle for domination by individual daimyō, resulting in a mass power-struggle between the various houses to dominate the whole of Japan.