Onin Rebellion: the Beginning of the Warring States Period in Japan

At the end of the Muromachi shogunate in Japan, the daimyo mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and used Kyoto as the battlefield. The Eastern Army and the Western Army fought against each other for eleven years, which was known in history as the "Onin Rebellion." After the war, the power of the nobility and temples declined, the Muromachi shogunate declined, social order almost collapsed, the trend of "lower control of superiors" became increasingly popular, local forces rose, and Japan entered the Warring States Period. As a turning point of the times, the Onin Rebellion was evaluated as "the biggest event in Japanese history" by the famous historian Naito Konan. Based on the diaries of two eminent monks of Kofukuji Temple, and combining a variety of historical materials with the latest research results of academia, the emerging historian Yuichi Goza analyzes the issue in detail, starting from the issue of shogun succession, the internal strife of the house leader Hatakeyama clan, and the political struggle between Hosokawa Katsumoto and the Yamana clan. The Cause of the Jin Rebellion uses popular language to vividly and detailedly restore the course of the war and the connections between the participants. It summarizes the consequences of the war and its impact on society and culture, which helps readers fully understand the great chaos that gave birth to the Warring States Period in Japan.