A new shogun, supplied by the Ashikaga family, arose in Kyoto and attempted to continue the shogunate system, but the Ashikaga we unable to restore the centralized power of their predecessors. With the centralized government reduced, the power of the local landed aristocracy increased to an unprecedented degree. By the end of the fifteenth century, Japan was again close to anarchy. A disastrous civil conflict known as the Onin War led to the virtual destruction of the capital city of Kyoto and the disintegration of the
A new shogun, supplied by the Ashikaga family, arose in Kyoto and attempted to continue the shogunate system, but the Ashikaga we unable to restore the centralized power of their predecessors. With the centralized government reduced, the power of the local landed aristocracy increased to an unprecedented degree. By the end of the fifteenth century, Japan was again close to anarchy. A disastrous civil conflict known as the Onin War led to the virtual destruction of the capital city of Kyoto and the disintegration of the