1500: Imperial Succession and the Revival of the Gion Festival Floats - Sengoku Shogun Map
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado died and his son Go-Kashiwabara succeeded to the throne, although financial hardship delayed the formal enthronement ceremony until 1521. Meanwhile, Kyoto's townspeople revived the Gion Festival float processions after a 33-year interruption caused by the Ōnin-Bunmei War.
Major events
- 1500-06: Gion Festival Float Processions Are Revived — The Gion Festival float processions resumed after a 33-year interruption caused by the Ōnin-Bunmei War. Twenty-six floats paraded on the seventh day and ten on the fourteenth day of the sixth lunar month.
- 1500-10: Emperor Go-Kashiwabara Succeeds to the Throne — Emperor Go-Kashiwabara succeeded to the throne on the twenty-fifth day of the tenth month of 1500 after the death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado. The court's financial hardship delayed his formal enthronement ceremony until 1521, twenty-one years later.