Ashikaga Yoshihisa

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Ashikaga Yoshihisa (足利 義尚? December 11, 1465April 26, 1489) was the 9th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1473 to 1489 during the Muromachi period of Japan.[1] Yoshihisa was the son of the eighth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa.[2]

Since the almost 30-year-old shogun Yoshimasa had no heir by 1464, he adopted his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshimi in order to succeed him. However, Yoshihisa was born in the next year starting a struggle for succession between brothers that erupted into the Ōnin War starting in 1467, beginning the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In the middle of hostilities, Yoshimasa retired in 1473, relinquishing the position of Seii Taishogun to Yoshihisa.[2]

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[edit] Events of Yoshihisa's bakufu

Significant events shape the period during which Yoshihisa was shogun:[1]

  • 1479 -- Yoshihisa's shogunal administration begins.[1]
  • 1489 -- Yoshihisa dies in camp during campaign against Sasaki Takayori; Yoshimasa resumes administration.[1]
  • 1490 -- Yoshimasa dies.[1]

After the Ōnin war, Rokkaku Takayori, the daimyo of southern Omi province, seized land and manors owned by nobles of the imperial court, temples, and shrines. In 1487, Yoshihisa led a campaign (Rokkaku Tobatsu) against Takayori but died of unexpectedly, leaving no heir.

Yoshihisa was followed by his cousin, the tenth shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane in the following year.

[edit] Eras of Yoshihisa's bakufu

The years in which Yoshihisa was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p.331.
  2. ^ a b Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 357.
  3. ^ Titsingh, pp. 357-361.

[edit] References

Preceded by:
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Muromachi Shogun:
Ashikaga Yoshihisa

1473–1489
Succeeded by:
Ashikaga Yoshitane