Ashikaga Yoshiaki - Events of Yoshiaki's bakufu

Events of Yoshiaki's bakufu

Significant events shape the period during which Yoshiaki was shogun:

  • 1568 – Oda Nobunaga sets Yoshiaki up as shogun.
  • 1569 – Nijō Castle built.
  • 1570 – Ikkō monks defeat Oda Nobunaga.
  • 1571 – Oda Nobunaga destroys Enryaku-ji.
  • 1573 – Takeda Shingen dies; Yoshiaki is deposed.
  • 1588 – Yoshiaki officially resigns from his post as Shogun.

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