1471
Bunmei 3 (文明三年)
Timeline of 1471
Other Events of 1471
- The Ashikaga bakufu orders the Shimazu clan of Satsuma province to oversee and manage Japanese ships going to Ryûkyû.
- The Haedong chegukki, a Korean record of Korean relations with Japan and Ryûkyû, is completed.
- Ichijôdani castle is built.
- The leader of a Ryukyuan tribute mission to China is arrested for wearing a dragon robe; he protests that this was granted to him, his colleagues, and his king by the Emperor of China.
- King Shô Toku sends a Hakata merchant by the name of Taira Saemonnojô Nobushige as a diplomatic envoy to Korea, on behalf of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, though the previous agreement cited Taira no Yoshishige as the name of the Hakata merchant.
Ônin War
- Asakura Toshikage breaks his ties with the Shiba clan and switches allegiances from supporting the Yamana clan to supporting the Hosokawa clan.
- Môri Toyomoto switches sides and enters the service of Ôuchi Masahiro.
Births and Deaths
- Emperor Go-Hanazono, who had abdicated in 1464, dies.
- Nôami dies (b. 1397).
- Takeda Nobutsuna is born.
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