Sengoku figure
細川晴元
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1527
Battle of Katsurakawara
Took part / involvedMiyoshi Motonaga, Yanagimoto Kataharu, and other supporters of Hosokawa Harumoto defeated Hosokawa Takakuni's forces at Katsurakawara, forcing Takakuni and shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu to retreat to Ōmi.
1531
6/4
Rout at Daimotsu
Leader of the Harumoto sideThe forces of Hosokawa Harumoto and Miyoshi Motonaga defeated those of Hosokawa Takakuni and Uragami Muramune. Takakuni’s army collapsed, aided by the defection of its Akamatsu rear guard, and he was captured after fleeing to Amagasaki.
1536
Tenbun Hokke Disturbance
Shogunal side opposing the Hokke sectEnryaku-ji on Mount Hiei, the Rokkaku of southern Ōmi, and their allies burned Kyoto's twenty-one Hokke head temples, destroying Shimogyō and part of Kamigyō.
1558
7/4
Battle of Kitashirakawa
General on the shogunal sideShogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who had taken refuge in Ōmi, tried to win Kyoto back and fought the party of Miyoshi Nagayoshi over the castles of the Eastern Hills. He lost the battle, but a settlement later the same year brought him back to the capital after five years.
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