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.
Answer: E
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