Ōgimachi became Emperor upon the death of
Emperor Go-Nara. •
1560 (
Eiroku 3, 1st month): Ōgimachi was proclaimed emperor. The ceremonies of coronation were made possible because they were paid for by
Mōri Motonari and others. •
1560 (
Eiroku 3, 5th month):
Imagawa Yoshimoto led the armies of the province of
Suruga against the
Owari; at the
Battle of Okehazama, his forces fought against
Oda Nobunaga, but Imagawa's army was vanquished and he was slain. Then Nobunaga took over the province of Owari.
Tokugawa Ieyasu took over the province of
Mikawa and made himself master of
Okazaki Castle. •
1568 (
Eiroku 11, 2nd month):
Ashikaga Yoshihide became
shōgun. •
1568 (
Eiroku 11, 9th month):
Shōgun Yoshihide died from a contagious disease. In 1586, Emperor Ōgimachi abdicated in favor of his grandson, Imperial Prince Katahito (周仁親王), who became the
Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ōgimachi retired to the
Sentō Palace. On February 6, 1593, he died. During Ōgimachi's reign, with the assistance of
Oda Nobunaga and
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the imperial family was able to halt the political, financial, and cultural decline it had been in since the
Ōnin War, and began a time of recovery. Ōgimachi is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb called
Fukakusa no kita no misasagi (深草北陵) in
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.
Kugyō Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the
Emperor of Japan in
pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted. In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Ōgimachi's reign, this apex of the
Daijō-kan included: •
Kampaku (Regent for an adult Emperor): •
Konoe (Fujiwara) Sakihisa (1554–1568) •
Nijō (Fujiwara) Haruyoshi (1569–1578) •
Kujō (Fujiwara) Kanetaka (1579–1581) •
Ichijō (Fujiwara) Uchimoto (1581–1585) •
Nijō (Fujiwara) Akizane (1585) •
Hashiba (Fujiwara > Toyotomi) Hideyoshi (1585–1592) •
Daijō-daijin (Chancellor): •
Konoe (Fujiwara) Sakihisa (1582) •
Hashiba (Fujiwara > Toyotomi) Hideyoshi (1586–1598) •
Sadaijin (Minister of the Left): •
Konoe (Fujiwara) Sakihisa (1554–1557) • Saionji (Fujiwara) Kintomo (1557–1576) •
Kujō (Fujiwara) Kanetaka (1576–1577) •
Ichijō (Fujiwara) Uchimoto (1577–1585) •
Nijō (Fujiwara) Akizane (1585) •
Konoe (Fujiwara) Nobusuke (1585–1592) •
Udaijin (Minister of the Right): • Kazannoin (Fujiwara) Iesuke (1557–1574) •
Kujō (Fujiwara) Kanetaka (1574–1576) •
Ichijō (Fujiwara) Uchimoto (1576–1577) •
Oda (Taira) Nobunaga (1577–1578) •
Nijō (Fujiwara) Akizane (1579–1585) • Imadegawa (Fujiwara) Harusue (1585–1595) •
Naidaijin (Minister of the center): • Nakanoin (Minamoto) Michitame (one day in 1565) • Kajūji (Fujiwara) Tadatoyo (1572) • Madenokōji (Fujiwara) Korefusa (one day in 1573) •
Ichijō (Fujiwara) Uchimoto (1575–1576) •
Oda (Taira) Nobunaga (1576–1577) •
Nijō (Fujiwara) Akizane (1577–1579) • Sanjōnishi (Fujiwara) Saneki (1579) • Imadegawa (Fujiwara) Harusue (1579–1580) • Tokudaiji (Fujiwara) Kinfusa (1580) • Imadegawa (Fujiwara) Harusue (second time, 1580) •
Konoe (Fujiwara) Nobusuke (1580–1585) •
Hashiba (Fujiwara > Toyotomi) Hideyoshi (1585–1587) ==Eras of Ōgimachi's reign==