The Onin War effectively destroyed the power of the shogunate in the 1470s. It was a civil war fought between two powerful clans, the Hosokawa and the Yamana, which led to the destruction of the city of Kyoto and the collapse of central authority in Japan. This marked the beginning of the Sengoku period, a time of widespread war and instability in Japan.

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The Onin War

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The Onin War

A) brought Shitoku Taishi to power.
B) drove the Mongols from Japan after only eleven years in power there.
C) was the major event which caused the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate in 1256.
D) finally restored absolute power to the shogun, Minamoto Yoritomo.
E) effectively destroyed the power of the shogunate in the 1470s.

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