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Episode 429 - The Glorious Fool

History of Japan

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Yoshimas's Indecision - The Onin War

Yoshi masa's own indecision triggered a civil war that ended up ending in a real power the ashkaga family still held. He deeply disliked being show gun and wanted to give it up so he could focus on the finer pleasures of life. His younger brother, yoshini, who had joined a buddhist monastery, renounce monkhood and become his heir. But after he'd done this, he then got hino tomico pregnant. And said indecision resulted in two rival sets of vassals lining up in favor of one candidate or the other. The onin war is probably best known for the absolute devastation it wreaked in koto.

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