*The [[Chenghua Emperor]] takes the throne in China.
*[[Hongan-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] is destroyed.
*[[Hongan-ji]] in [[Kyoto]] is destroyed.
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*[[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]] visits the [[Shosoin|Shôsôin]] and requests & receives a piece of the ''[[ranjatai]]'', an Imperial treasure piece of aromatic sandalwood. He and [[Oda Nobunaga]] are possibly the only two people outside of the Imperial family to have ever been granted this honor.
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*A [[kango boeki|tally trade]] mission, consisting of three ships, and co-sponsored by the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] and the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] and [[Hosokawa clan]]s, leaves for China.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*Future shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]] is born (d. 1489).
*Future shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]] is born (d. 1489).