Nobunaga Enters Kyoto

1568

Oda Nobunaga rode into the imperial capital of Kyoto at the head of fifty thousand men and installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as puppet shogun. Within five years he would dispose of the shogun entirely and begin imposing his authority on the quarreling daimyo of central Japan. His control of the capital and the emperor legitimized his authority over rival daimyo across the country.