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Revolt of Ashikaga Yoshiaki

1568 in JapanMuromachi period
Escape of Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Escape of Ashikaga Yoshiaki

The Revolt of Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Japanese: 足利義昭の乱) was a revolt staged by Ashikaga Yoshiaki in 1573. Yoshiaki was the 15th Shogun of Japan and a member of the Ashikaga clan who became the shogun in 1568, Yoshiaki gained power after he enlisted Oda Nobunaga to help him in his goal to become the shogun, the Oda clan armies entered Kyoto thus re-establishing the Muromachi shogunate. The seize of power was quick because there was no effective central authority in Kyoto at the time. Yoshiaki was used as a Puppet leader by Nobunaga who had direct control.In 1573 the revolt took place, Yoshiaki was extremely dissatisfied with his degree of power in the government and sought to challenge Nobunaga and assert control. Yoshiaki requested the aid of Takeda Shingen and the Takeda clan as well as the Matsunaga clan to help him in the revolt. Yoshiaki attempted to escape Kyoto and headed for Sakai where he wanted to take refuge. However Nobunaga pursued Yoshiaki and captured Kyoto which also effectively ended the rule of the Ashikaga clan.

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