The Onin War

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Onin War

• A) brought Shitoku Taishi to power.
• B) drove the Mongols from Japan after only eleven years in power there.
• C) was the major event which caused the collapse of the Kamakura Shogunate in 1256.
• D) finally restored absolute power to the shogun, Minamoto Yoritomo.
• E) effectively destroyed the power of the shogunate in the 1470s.

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