Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Onin war

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Onin war

応仁の乱
alternative words: Onin rebellion, Onin no ran, Ouinin war, Ounin no ran
keywords: war
related topics: Muromachi shogunate , Muromachi period , Sengoku period , Ashikaga Yoshimasa
related web sites: http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/gutoku2/ouninnoran.html , http://www.hht.ac.jp/dept/iproot/967/html/967-002e.htm , http://www.lint.ne.jp/~meirokun/ouninG.htm
explanation: Civil war in Muromachi period between 1467 and 1477. Initially provoked by a succession problem of shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, it became a war between 2 great samurai clans, Ouchi and Hosokawa. The consequence of this trouble is: in the center, Kyoto being totally devastated, Muromachi shogunate had lost political powers, while in the provinces, new samurai families anchored to the lands had emerged. But soon they began to fight mutually too and this led to a new war period, Sengokujidai.