Ashikaga Yoshihisa

Ashikaga Yoshihisa 足利 義尚
Shōgun
In office 1474–1489
Monarch	Go-Tsuchimikado
Preceded by	Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Succeeded by	Ashikaga Yoshiki
Personal details
Born	(1465-12-11)December 11, 1465
Died	April 26, 1489(1489-04-26) (aged 23)
Spouse	daughter of Hino Katsumitsu
Parents	Ashikaga Yoshimasa (father) Hino Tomiko (mother)
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Ashikaga Yoshihisa (足利 義尚, December 11, 1465 – April 26, 1489) was the 9th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1473 to 1489 during the Muromachi period of Japan.^[1] Yoshihisa was the son of the eighth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa with his wife Hino Tomiko.^[2]

Since the almost 30-year-old shōgun Yoshimasa had no heir by 1464, he adopted his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshimi 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,^[3] beginning the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In the middle of hostilities, Yoshimasa retired in 1473, relinquishing the position of Sei-i Taishōgun to Yoshihisa.^[4]

Events of Yoshihisa's bakufu

Yoshihisa's shogunal administration begins in 1479.^[1] The Kaga Rebellion occurs in 1488 in Kaga Province during his reign. The next year, Yoshihisa dies in camp during campaign against Sasaki Takayori; Yoshimasa resumes administration but dies the next year.^[1]

After the Ōnin war, Rokkaku Takayori, daimyō of southern Ōmi 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 unexpectedly, leaving no heir. Yoshihisa was followed by his cousin, tenth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshitane, the following year.^{[citation needed]}

Family

• Father: Ashikaga Yoshimasa
• Mother: Hino Tomiko
• Wife: Shōun'in, daughter of Hino Katsumitsu
• Concubine: daughter of Tokudaiji priest
• Child: a daughter

Eras of Yoshihisa's bakufu

The years in which Yoshihisa was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.^[5]

• Bunmei (1469–1487)
• Chōkyō (1487–1489)

Notes

References

• Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-1485-1; OCLC 7574544
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.

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Ashikaga family tree

adoption

(1305-1358) Takauji(1) r. 1338-1358

(1330-1368) Yoshiakira(2) r. 1358-1367

(1358-1408) Yoshimitsu(3) r. 1367-1395

(1386-1428) Yoshimochi(4) r. 1395-1423

(1394-1441) Yoshinori(6) r. 1429-1441

(1407-1425) Yoshikazu(5) r. 1423-1425

(1433-1443) Yoshikatsu(7) r. 1442-1443

(1435-1491) Masatomo

(1436-1490) Yoshimasa(8) r. 1449-1474

(1439-1491) Yoshimi

(1481-1511) Yoshizumi(11) r. 1494-1508

(1465-1489) Yoshihisa(9) r. 1474-1489

(1466-1523) Yoshitane(10) r. 1490-1493, 1508-1521

(1509-1573) Yoshitsuna 1509-1573

(1510-1550) Yoshiharu(12) r. 1521-1545

(1538-1568) Yoshihide(14) r. 1568

(1535-1565) Yoshiteru(13) r. 1545-1565

(1537-1597) Yoshiaki(15) r. 1568-1573

References:

• 新井 (Arai), 白石 (Hakuseki) (1982). Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. University of Queensland Press. pp. 298, 385. ISBN 978-0-7022-1485-1.
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric; Roth, Käthe (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.