Shogunal Succession
Significant events which shaped the period during which Yoshimasa was shogun:
- 1443 – Southern Court supporters steal the Imperial regalia.
- 1445 – Hosokawa Katsumoto, Kyoto kanrei.
- 1446 – Southern army suffers crushing defeat.
- 1448 – Remnants of Southern dynasty suppressed.
- 1449 – Yoshimasa appointed shogun; Ashikaga Shigeuji appointed Kantō kubō.
- 1450–1455 – Disturbances in Kamakura between Kantō Kubō Ashikaga Shigeuji and his Kanrei.
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