Shinbakufu

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The Shinbakufu (真幕府, lit. "[the] real shogunate"), also known as the Hundred Demons (百鬼衆, lit. "crowd of one hundred demons") and referred to by Fujibayashi Naoe as the Onryō (怨霊, "[the] vengeful ghosts"), was an influential organization founded by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki during the late Sengoku period.

With the Ashikaga shogunate's rule having collapsed after the Ōnin War,^[1] Yoshiaki sought to restore his family's centuries-old grip on power. In 1573, he attempted to overthrow his benefactor Oda Nobunaga, who responded by marching to Kyoto and expelling him.^[2] With his original plan having failed, Yoshiaki turned to subterfuge to achieve his goal and formed the Shinbakufu, whose aims were to first steal Japan's three Imperial Regalia and work again at deposing Nobunaga.^[3]

To this end, Yoshiaki sold information on the regalia to the Portuguese Templars, who desired the artifacts for their own ends, and sought to use them as insurance in exchange for money and power to fund his activities.^[3] Opposing the Shinbakufu were the Kakushiba ikki, an Assassin branch in Iga that Emperor Go-Nara had tasked with safeguarding the regalia.^[4]

While the Shinbakufu successfully stole two of the regalia, decimating the Kakushiba ikki in the process, and later returned to Iga during the Tenshō Iga War to steal the third artifact,^[5] they met renewed opposition from the Iga kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe and the samurai Yasuke, who formed their own league to fight against the Shinbakufu.^[6] In 1582, most of the organization's members were hunted down by Naoe and Yasuke, alongside their Templar benefactors,^[7] ending the Shinbakufu's short-lived dominance over Japan.^[8]

Members[]

Ashikaga Yoshiaki (The Horseman/The Tatsu) (leader)
Akechi Kagemitsu (The Naginata)
Akechi Mitsuhide (The Two-Faced)
Bessho Harumasa (The Ox)
Ido Yoshihiro (The Onryo Samurai)
Ise Sadaoki (The Fool)
Joken Hokkyo (The Wise)
Oichi (The Mourner/The Wheel) (defected)
Takeda Motoaki (The Fox/The Performer)
Ukita Naoie (The Noble)
Wada Koretake (The Wounded)
Yaita Wakasa (The Golden Teppo)

Allies and puppets[]

Aoki Ujimasa
Endo Riku
Fujibayashi Naoe
Gamo Morinari
Gamo Yoshimitsu
Godai Shinobi
- Rokkaku Yoshimitsu
- Akira of Koga
- Kazumi
- Kaji
- Azai Jukei
Hattori Hanzō
Ise Asuka
Isshiki Mansaku
Izumi Bunzo
Kuma

Appearances[]

Assassin's Creed: Shadows

References[]

↑ Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period
↑ Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Man Behind the Mask
↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Meaning of the Blade
↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Fight of the Kakushiba Ikki
↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Lightning and Thunder
↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – End of the Line
↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Topple the Traitor

Templars

Order of the Ancients

Notable members	Smenkhkare • Amorges • Flavius Metellus • Julius Caesar • Augustus • Arthur Pendragon • Yang Guozhong • An Lushan • Charlemagne • Qabiha • Isaac • Alfred the Great • Fulke

Notable allies and puppets	Darius I • Xerxes I • Alexander the Great • Qin Shi Huang • Ptolemy XIII • Cleopatra • Caligula • Emperor Xuanzong • Al-Mutawakkil • Basil I

Branches	Byzantine Empire • China (Golden Turtles • Yeluohe) • Egypt • England (Wardens of War • Wardens of Relics • Wardens of Faith • Wardens of Law • Wardens of Wealth) • Francia • Greece • Norway • Persia (Order of Hunters • Order of the Storm • Order of Dominion) • Roman Empire

Ranks	Magus \| Ra's Al-Af'a • Tha'abeen \| Grand Maegester • Maegester • Palatinus • Preost • Zealot

Affiliated groups	Achaemenid Empire • Cult of Kosmos (Peloponnesian League • Delian League • Followers of Ares) • Ptolemaic Kingdom • Roman Empire (Gabiniani) • Abbasid Caliphate (Turkic Army) • Martyrs of Agaunum • Snake-Eaters • Franks • Anglo-Saxons • Vikings (Wolf Clan) • Descendants of the Round Table

Other	Deities (Father of Understanding • Mother of Wisdom • Sacred Voice) • Order of the Ancients medallion • Eagle Vision • Assassin-Templar War

Templar Order

Notable Templars	Hugues de Payens • Robert de Sablé • Jacques de Molay • Rodrigo Borgia • Tomás de Torquemada • Cesare Borgia • Ahmet • Zhang Yong • Nuno Caro • Laureano de Torres y Ayala • Shimazu Saito • Reginald Birch • Haytham Kenway • Charles Lee • Shay Cormac • Madeleine de L'Isle • Élise de la Serre • François-Thomas Germain • William Sleeman • Crawford Starrick • Konstanze von Visler • Albert Bolden • Warren Vidic • Alan Rikkin • Daniel Cross • Lucy Stillman • Juhani Otso Berg

Notable allies and puppets	Richard the Lionheart • Al Mualim • Pope Sixtus IV • Lucrezia Borgia • Sirus Favero • Jiajing Emperor • Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Akechi Mitsuhide • James Cook • Tsar Nicholas II • Adolf Hitler • Joseph Stalin • Margaret Thatcher • George W. Bush

Rites	Algeria • Austria • Byzantine Empire • Canada • Caribbean • China • Egypt • France • Germany • Greece • Italy • Japan • Levant • Libya • Louisiana • Mexico • Mongol Empire • Portugal • Russia • Spain • Sweden • Tunisia • United Kingdom (Lann Fala) • United States

Ranks	Black Cross • General of the Cross • Grand Master • Guardian • Master Templar • Templar leader • Inner Sanctum • Council of Elders

Paramilitary groups	Delta Team • Omega Team • Sigma Team (Abyss Walkers) • Taurus Team • Team Epsilon

Affiliated groups	Crusaders (Knights Hospitalier • Knights Teutonic) • Papal States • House of Borgia (Cento Occhi • Crows • Followers of Romulus) • Byzantines • Great Ming (Eight Tigers) • Ashikaga shogunate (Shimazu clan • Shinbakufu) • Colonial empires (Portuguese • Spanish • English / British • French) • Baptiste's followers • Extremists (Royalists • Jacobins • Cult of Baphomet • Cult of the Supreme Being) • East India Company • Blighters • Russian Empire • Nazi Germany (Wehrmacht) • United States (FBI • CIA • NASA) • Abstergo Industries (Abstergo Entertainment)

Other	Assassin-Templar War • Children of Cain • Eagle Vision • Instruments of the First Will • New World Order • Templar insignia • Templar pin • Templar ring

Assassin's Creed: Shadows

Characters

Assassins	Dan • Heiji • Ibuki • Junjiro • Monta • Fujibayashi Naoe • Oni-yuri • Rokkaku Katsuhime • Sen no Rikyū • Shido • Shinobu • Tomiko • Yagoro • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yasuke • Yaya \| Alvaro Catarribera • Fubuki • Fujibayashi Nagato • Hattori Hanzō • Kaede • Kishi • Momochi Sandayu • Sanjo • Sumire • Tsubasa • Tsuyu • Yu-no-shin

Templars	Alessandro Valignano • Duarte de Melo • Hosokawa Tama • Kimura Kei • Nuno Caro

Shinbakufu	Akechi Kagemitsu • Akechi Mitsuhide • Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Bessho Harumasa • Ido Yoshihiro • Ise Sadaoki • Joken Hokkyo • Oichi • Takeda Motoaki • Ukita Naoie • Wada Koretake • Yaita Wakasa

Minor targets	The Betrayers (Fujichika Nakayama • Endo Tomoyasu • Itakura Shigezo • Masatoshi Nakahara • Sato Genta • Sato Katsubei • Usami Yoshiko) • The Butterfly Collectors (Gamemaker • Kacho • Mucho • Richo • Shucho) • The Corrupt Daikan (Endo Riku • Gamo Morinari • Ise Asuka • Isshiki Mansaku • Izumi Bunzo • Okudaira Toshizo) • Genzaburo's Soldiers (Akane • Genzaburo • Seiji • Shin-no-suke • Yasokichi) • The Godai Shinobi (Kaji • Akira • Azai Jukei • Kazumi • Rokkaku Yoshimitsu) • The Hunters of Kyonyo (Inumaru • Kamakichi • Shishi-o • Toro • Tsuchi-Gumo) • The Iron Hand Guild (Ginroku • Kanta • Kin-no-suke • Tamao • The Iron Hand) • The Kabukimono (Big Sueki • Chief Cuckoo • Corrupt Blade • Ember • Ghost General • Grave Dancer • Laughing Man • Peacock) • Kurai Eikyou (The Akiyama Agent • The Blacksmith Agent • The Katsuragi Agent • The Tsutsui Agent • The Messenger) • Nobutsuna's Students (Asari Nobutane • Hozoin In'ei • Marume Nagayoshi • Nagano Saemon • Sanada Masatoyo • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yuki no Kata) • The Pirate Alliance (Kage • Little Kappa • Lopo Cruz • Oni-yuri • Sen) • The Silver Smugglers (Enju • Fernam Moreno • Takeru • Mai • Nycollaao de Castel Branco • Shinji • Yoshisada) • The Twisted Tree (Takahashi Goro • Takahashi Ichi-Hime • Takahashi Inoshichi • Takahashi Jiro • Takahashi Saburo • Takahashi Shiro • Takahashi Taro) • The Winter Raiders (Akumu • Hayate • Sobei • Jinbei • Yasha) • The Yamabushi Imposters (The Clifftop Yamabushi • The Forest Yamabushi • The Mountain Yamabushi • The Pathway Yamabushi • The Pond Yamabushi • The River Yamabushi • The Shadow Yamabushi • The Valley Yamabushi • The Village Yamabushi) • The Yokai (Ao Andon • Daitengu • Kappa (Kappa Taku • Kappa Rei) • Makuwauri no Bakemono • Oshiroi Babā • Suika no Bakemono • Taka Nyudo • Yuki-onna)

Others	Animus EGO user • Ego • The Guide \| Akechi Mitsuyoshi • Aoi • Aoki Ujimasa • Asajiro • Bessho Nagaharu • Luís Fróis • Fujita Juro • Furuta Tanji • Fuyu • Gamo Yoshimitsu • Gennojo • Genpaku • Hatakeyama Yoshimasa • Hori Hidemasa • Hosokawa Fujitaka • Imai Sōkun • Imai Sōkyū • Ise Sadatame • Ishikawa Goemon • Kanō Eitoku • Kamiizumi Nobutsuna • Kennyo • Konishi Yukinaga • Kuma • Kumebe Ujiie • Kuroda Yoshitaka • Kyonyo • Mamushi • Matsu • Mayu • Mitsumune • Mori Ranmaru • Murakami Norimasa • Nagoya Yagaro • Nakamura Tadashige • Nene • Niwa Nagahide • Norimune • Oda Nobukatsu • Oda Nobunaga • Ōta Gyūichi • Otama • Rin • Samemaru • Satoko • Shibata Katsuie • Shindo Hiroshii • Shin'nyo • Shōtei • Sorin • Suzu • Tetsuo • Tokubei • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Tatsugoro • Tomita Nobutaka • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Ukita Hideie • Ujimasa • Yakichi • Yamamoto Masakatsu

Factions

Assassins (Kakushiba ikki) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Japanese Rite • Portuguese Rite • Roman Rite) • Shinbakufu • Japanese clans (Akechi • Fukui • Niwa • Oda • Rokkaku • Takahashi • Takeda • Tokugawa • Toyotomi • Tsutsui • Ukita) • Japanese confederations (Iga ikki • Ikkō-ikki • Koga ikki) • Japanese subcultures (Kabukimono • Rōnin • Samurai • Shinobi • Sōhei • Yamabushi) • Minor factions (The Butterfly Collector • Godai Shinobi • The Iron Hand Guild • Kurai Eikyou • The Pirate Alliance • The Winter Raiders) • Portuguese Empire • Jesuits

Locations

Japan (Harima (Aga • Himeji • Miki) • Iga (Hijiyama • Ichinomiya) • Kii (Saika) • Ōmi (Azuchi • Kameyama • Nagahama) • Izumi Settsu (Amagasaki • Katano • Nakayama Peak • Sakai • Osaka • Takatsuki) • Tamba (Fukuchiyama • Yakami) • Wakasa (Obama • Tsuruga) • Yamashiro (Arashiyama • Kyoto • Misuno • Yamazaki) • Yamato (Asuka • Katsuragi • Koriyama • Takatori • Yoshino))

Events

Sengoku period (Tenshō Iga War • Honnō-ji incident • Battle of Yamazaki)

Terms and concepts

Animus (Anomalies • Database • Genetic memory • Hub • Memories • Rifts) • Crafting • Kakurega • Activities (Hidden Trails • Horse Archery • Kata • Kofun • Kuji-kiri) • Collectibles (Kamon • Tea sets • Sumi-e • Kano Paintings) • Imperial Regalia • Skills (Assassination • Eagle Vision • Freerunning • Eavesdropping • Leap of Faith) • Wardrobe (Naoe • Yasuke)

Weapons and tools

Blunt weapons (Kanabō) • Bow • Firearms (Teppō) • Grappling hook • Hidden Blade • Kusarigama • Polearms (Naginata • Yari) • Shinobi Tools (Kunai • Bells • Nightingale floor • Shuriken • Smoke bombs) • Short blades (Tantō) • Swords (Katana)

DLC

Thrown to the Dogs • Story Drops • Claws of Awaji