Ashikaga Yoshimi (足利義視) was the brother of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and a rival for the succession in a dispute that would lead to the Onin War. The Ashikaga shogunate (Jp. ... Grave of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Kyoto Ashikaga Yoshimasa (Jp. ... Marker at location of outbreak of Onin War The Onin War (応仁の乱 Ōnin no ran) was a civil war from 1467 to 1477 during the Muromachi period in Japan. ...

Yoshimi was the abbot of a Jōdo monastery when he was first approached by Hosokawa Katsumoto, who wished to support his bid to become Shogun. He originally sought to stick to his religious life, and had no desires to become Shogun. However, by 1464, he was convinced to join his brother, the Shogun, and assist him, putting himself into a position to be the next in the line of succession. The birth of the Shogun's son placed Yoshimi in an awkward situation, making his succession no longer definite, but he remained as Yoshimasa's Deputy. The Buddha Amitabha, 13th century, Kamakura, Japan. ... Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元 1430-1473) Japanese Lord (Daimyo) during the Muromachi Period. ... Events February - Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. ...

Despite Yoshimi's being supported by Hosokawa, it was Hosokawa's opponent, Yamana Souzen, who stayed in Yoshimi's mansion for a time, and who attended a ceremony in March 1467 honoring the Shogun and his brother. Hosokawa did not attend, as he was preparing for the imminent war between himself and Yamana, who supported the succession of the Shogun's infant son Ashikaga Yoshihisa. Yamana Souzen (山名宗全 1404-1473), originally Yamana Mochitoyo (山名持豊) before becoming a monk. ... Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ... Ashikaga Yoshihisa (Jp. ...

Following the initial battles between Hosokawa and Yamana within the capital (Kyoto), the Onin War turned into a war between Yoshimi and his brother the Shogun. Through a set of complicated events, Yoshimi became one of Yamana's chief general, and was declared a 'rebel' by the Emperor, and stripped of his Court rank. That same year, in 1469, the Shogun officially named his son as his heir. This page is about the city Kyoto. ... ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ...

Yamana and Hosokawa both passed away soon afterwards, in 1473, and the Onin War came to an end, along with Yoshimi's political aspirations. Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ...

Reference

• Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford: Stanford University Press.