Ōnin

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Ōnin is the Japanese era name (nengō) that corresponds to the time of the Ōnin War, a major 15th-century civil conflict that helped trigger the Sengoku period.

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Ōnin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era name
nengō
associatedShogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa
associatedWithCapitalDestruction Kyoto urban warfare
associatedWithFeudalLords daimyō
calendarSystem Japanese era calendar
capitalDuringEra Kyoto
century 15th century
chronologicalPosition late Muromachi era
chronologyContext pre-Sengoku Japan
country Japan
endDate 1469-04-28
endYear 1469
eraLengthInYears 3
eraNameForEmperor Emperor Go-Hanazono
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado
eraNameSystem nengō system
eraSequenceInMuromachiPeriod follows Bunshō
precedes Bunmei
follows Bunshō
linked to: Bun'ō
governmentTypeDuringEra Ashikaga shogunate
linked to: Ashikaga clan
hasAssociatedEvent Ōnin War
hasAssociatedPeriod Sengoku period
hasEraChangeReason political and social unrest
hasKeyThemeInScholarship transition from centralized to fragmented power
hasOriginalScriptForm 応仁
historicalSignificance contributed to onset of Sengoku period
marks outbreak of large-scale civil war in Japan
language Japanese
locatedInTime Muromachi period
namedAfter Ōnin War
notableConflict Ōnin War
orthographyType shinjitai/kyūjitai kanji
precedes Bunmei
region Honshu
romanizationSystem Hepburn
startDate 1467-03-05
startYear 1467
transcription Onin
typeOfName period name
usedForDatingDocuments yes
usedInDatingBattleRecords Ōnin War chronicles
linked to: Ōnin War
usedInHistoriographyOf Japanese medieval history
writingSystem kanji

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Ōnin War eraName Ōnin