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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 academic research results, the emerging historian Yuichi Goza analyzed 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.

The more than three hundred years from the Genpei War to the Onin Rebellion, that is, from the early 12th century to the mid-15th century, was the war-torn era known as the "Middle Ages" in Japanese history, and death enveloped Japanese samurai at any time. This book focuses on the "war era" from the invasion of Mongolia to the Onin Rebellion, that is, the "War Era" from the mid-13th century to the mid-15th century, and paints a true and colorful picture of Japan's medieval history: samurai were more afraid of death than pursuing merit; not all so-called "evil parties" were evil people; court nobles were braver than samurai. It breaks through the traditional conclusions of previous studies on the history of Japan, re-examines this period from a contemporary perspective, and vividly outlines the true appearance of the people living in that "war era".