Explanation of Visual Project for Assignment 1
The Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States Period, was the time of great change and evolution with Japan, which lead the country into the modern era. This period saw the country become entangled in a savage civil war that saw the weakening and eventual complete disregard of the established government 's power, the fracturing of the country into small territorial clans. This fracturing also allowed for old established clans to fall and dissolve, and the rising of new clans, from the ashes of the crumbling system. As my project has will be split into three separate parts, my essay is divided into three focusing on each visual aspect. The 1st part will describe the period from just before the Onin War (1467 - 1477) up until the Battle at Okehazama …show more content…
1449 - 1473), Yoshimitsu 's grandson. Yoshimasa continued the peaceful reign of the Ashikaga Shogunate like his family had before. This peace lasted until the year of 1467 when a war that would burn Kyoto, the seat of power for the Shogun, to the ground. This war called the Onin War was over, like so many wars before, who shall succeed Yoshimasa, his brother Yoshimi (1439 - 1491) and his son Yoshihisa (1465 - 1489), each with different Shogo and noble clans supporting them. The two leading families fighting over the heir were the Yamana who supported Yoshimi, and the Hosokawa who threw support with Yoshihisa. What caused this dispute to spiral into the destruction of the city was the other Shugo and whom they allied with. The Shugo of this period all held property within Kyoto within blocks of each other. As various Shugo threw support behind either ruler fighting and scrimmages broke out on the streets until the city was overrun with fighting. This fighting destroyed Kyoto to the point where the term ``pre-war`` refers to the Onin War instead of the World
The Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States Period, was the time of great change and evolution with Japan, which lead the country into the modern era. This period saw the country become entangled in a savage civil war that saw the weakening and eventual complete disregard of the established government 's power, the fracturing of the country into small territorial clans. This fracturing also allowed for old established clans to fall and dissolve, and the rising of new clans, from the ashes of the crumbling system. As my project has will be split into three separate parts, my essay is divided into three focusing on each visual aspect. The 1st part will describe the period from just before the Onin War (1467 - 1477) up until the Battle at Okehazama …show more content…
1449 - 1473), Yoshimitsu 's grandson. Yoshimasa continued the peaceful reign of the Ashikaga Shogunate like his family had before. This peace lasted until the year of 1467 when a war that would burn Kyoto, the seat of power for the Shogun, to the ground. This war called the Onin War was over, like so many wars before, who shall succeed Yoshimasa, his brother Yoshimi (1439 - 1491) and his son Yoshihisa (1465 - 1489), each with different Shogo and noble clans supporting them. The two leading families fighting over the heir were the Yamana who supported Yoshimi, and the Hosokawa who threw support with Yoshihisa. What caused this dispute to spiral into the destruction of the city was the other Shugo and whom they allied with. The Shugo of this period all held property within Kyoto within blocks of each other. As various Shugo threw support behind either ruler fighting and scrimmages broke out on the streets until the city was overrun with fighting. This fighting destroyed Kyoto to the point where the term ``pre-war`` refers to the Onin War instead of the World