Events of Yoshiaki's bakufu
Significant events shape the period during which Yoshiaki was shogun:
- 1568 – Oda Nobunaga sets Yoshiaki up as shogun.
- 1569 – Nijō Castle built.
- 1570 – Ikkō monks defeat Oda Nobunaga.
- 1571 – Oda Nobunaga destroys Enryaku-ji.
- 1573 – Takeda Shingen dies; Yoshiaki is deposed.
- 1588 – Yoshiaki officially resigns from his post as Shogun.
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