Ashikaga Yoshitsuna

Ashikaga Yoshitsuna (足利義維^?, 1509-1573) was a Japanese samurai of the Ashikaga clan during the Sengoku period of Japan's history.

Yoshitsuna was the brother of Ashikaga Yoshiharu who was the 12th shogun of the Muromachi shogunate. Both men were sons of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, who was the 11th Ashikaga shogun.^[1]

Yoshitsuna was adopted as heir of the 10th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshitane, but he was never elevated to this leadership role.^[2]

Yoshitsuna was the father of the 14th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshihide.^[3]

Notes

^ Berry, Mary Elizabeth. (1997). The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto, p. 137. at Google Books
^ Berry, p. 120. at Google Books
^ Yamasaki, Shigehisa. (1981). Chronological Table of Japanese Art, p. 794.

References

Berry, Mary Elizabeth. (1994). The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto. Berkeley: University of California Press. 10-ISBN 0520081706/13-ISBN 9780520081703; OCLC 27812307
Yamasaki, Shigehisa. (1981). Chronological Table of Japanese Art (英文曰本美術年表). Tokyo: Geishinsha. OCLC 8399520

Ashikaga family tree

Takauji ⁽¹⁾
1305–1338–1358

Yoshiakira⁽²⁾
1330–1358-1367–1368

Yoshimitsu⁽³⁾
1358–1367-1395–1408

Yoshimochi⁽⁴⁾
1386–1395-1423–1428

Yoshikazu⁽⁵⁾
1407–1423–1425

Yoshinori⁽⁶⁾
1394–1428–1441

Yoshikatsu⁽⁷⁾
1433–1442–1443

Masatomo
1435–1491

Yoshimasa⁽⁸⁾^†
1435–1449-1474–1490

Yoshimi
1439–1491

Yoshizumi⁽¹¹⁾^†
1478–1493-1508–1513

Yoshihisa⁽⁹⁾^†
1465–1474–1489

Yoshitane⁽¹⁰⁾^†
1465–1490-1493+1508-1521–1522

Yoshiharu⁽¹²⁾
1510–1521-1545–1550

Yoshitsuna
1509–1573

Yoshiteru⁽¹³⁾
1535–1545–1565

Yoshiaki⁽¹⁵⁾
1537–1568-1573–1597

Yoshihide⁽¹⁴⁾
1538–1564–1568

^†Yoshimasa's successors: A. Yoshihisa (son); B. Yoshitane (1st adopted son); C. Yoshizumi (2nd adopted son)
The broken lines indicate adoptions within the shogunal clan.

Shoguns of the Ashikaga shogunate -- Chronology, Dates, Paternity

Related topics: Muromachi period - Hana no Gosho - Ashikaga clan - Seii Taishogun

1st Takauji • (b. 1305 - 1358) • (r. 1338 - 1358) • son of Sadauji
2nd Yoshiakira • (b. 1330 - 1368) • (r. 1358 - 1367) • son of Takauji
3rd Yoshimitsu • (b. 1358 - 1408) • (r. 1367 -1395) • son of Yoshiakira
4th Yoshimochi • (b. 1386 - 1428) • (r. 1395 -1423) • son of Yoshimitsu
5th Yoshikazu • (b. 1407 - 1425) • (r. 1423 -1425) • son of Yoshimochi
6th Yoshinori • (b. 1394 - 1441) • (r. 1428 - 1441) • son of Yoshimitsu
7th Yoshikatsu • (b. 1433 - 1443) • (r. 1442 - 1443) • son of Yoshinori
8th Yoshimasa • (b. 1435 - 1490) • (r. 1449 - 1474) • son of Yoshinori

9th Yoshihisa • (b. 1465 - 1489) • (r. 1474 - 1489) • son of Yoshimasa
10th Yoshitane • (b. 1465 - 1522) • (r. 1490 -1493), (r. 1508 -1521) • son of Yoshimi
11th Yoshizumi • (b. 1478 - 1513) • (r. 1493 - 1508) • son of Masatomo
12th Yoshiharu • (b. 1510 - 1550) • (r. 1521 - 1545) • son of Yoshizumi
13th Yoshiteru • (b. 1535 - 1565) • (r. 1545 - 1565) • son of Yoshiharu
14th Yosihide • (b. 1538 -1568) • (r. 1564 - 1568) • son of Yoshitsuna
15th Yoshiaki • (b. 1537 - 1597) • (r. 1568 -1573) • son of Yoshiharu