1471

Bunmei 3 (文明三年)

Other Events of 1471

• The Ashikaga bakufu orders the Shimazu clan of Satsuma province to oversee and manage Japanese ships going to Ryukyu.
• 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.

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.
• Takeda Nobutsuna is born.

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1471

Following Year 1472