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Oda Nobunaga(a Daimyo) occupies Kyoto and installs Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the fifteenth, and last Ashikaga Shogun.
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Oda Nobunaga subjugates the Ise province of Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshiaki lost his position as shogun. He shaved his head becoming a Buddhist priest. Initially he took the priestly name Shosan, but he eventually came to be known as Reio. In and officially resigns in 1588. He flees to exile on Shikoku and then unsuccessfully wanders the country looking for support until his death in 1597. This is the end of the Ashikaga Shôgunate.
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After being defeated twice Nobunaga defeats Ikkô sect followers and their supporters in a protracted seige of their strongholds at Nagashima. He accomplishes this by by offering peace and then massacring 40,000 believers when they accept.
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After being defeated once Nobunaga forces attack Ikko believers in Owari Province but are defeated again.
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The Battle of Mikatagahara was one of the most famous battles of Takeda Shingen's campaign and one of the best showing of his strategic abilities. It also served as Tokugawa Ieyasu's worst defeats.
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After defeating the Ikko believers Nobunaga's inner circle is now restricted to 10 generals.
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Nobunaga commences building a castle on Azuchiyama on eastern bank of Lake Biwa in Omi Province completed in 1579. He also commences the process of disarming peasants.
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After having his castle built Nobunaga receives the title of Minister of the Right Udaijin from the emperor.
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Nobunaga troops attack and defeat Ikko troops and supporters in Kii Province, thus cutting off supply routes to Ishiyama Honganji.
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April 1580 With no supplies no relief in sight, and having received a letter from the emperor advising them to do so, Ishiyama Honganji surrenders to Nobunaga. This ends the power of the Ikko.
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Hideyoshi defeats Shibata Katsuie who had now turned against him at the battle of Shizugatake in Echizen.
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Hideyoshi comes to terms with Ieyasu and fighting between them stops, Ieyasu retires to Mikawa Province in the east. This makes Hideyoshi the overall power in the country and the leader of most of the country.
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Satsuma surrenders to Hiyeoshi and pledges to support him. In return, Hideyoshi allows them to keep their lands Hideyoshi now controls all of Kyushu. After returning from Kyushu, Hideyoshi issues an order officially banning Christianity and expelling Jesuit missionaries from the country.
