The rule of the 8th Shogun, Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, saw the outbreak of the Onin War, partly as a result of disputes over succession, and consequently the Muromachi Shogunate was left in control of only Kyoto.
第8代将軍・足利義政の時代には後継ぎ問題などをめぐって応仁の乱が発生し、室町幕府は京都だけを支配する一地方政権に転落した。