1565: The Eiroku Incident—The Assassination of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru - Sengoku Shogun Map
An army of over 10,000 led by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, the Miyoshi Triumvirate, and Matsunaga Hisamichi surrounded the Nijō Palace in Kyoto and attacked shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Yoshiteru fought fiercely with his own sword, but was overwhelmed and killed. The unprecedented killing of a shogun by forces nominally beneath him became a stark symbol of the Muromachi shogunate's collapsing authority.
Major events
- 1565-05-19: Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru Is Killed in the Eiroku Incident — Forces of the Miyoshi Triumvirate and their allies attacked the shogunal residence in Kyoto, and the thirteenth Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru was killed after resisting.