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]
Ashikaga Yoshihisa 足利 義尚 | |
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| Shōgun | |
| In office 1474–1489 | |
| Monarch | Go-Tsuchimikado |
| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshimasa |
| Succeeded by | Ashikaga Yoshiki |
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| Born | December 11, 1465 |
| Died | April 26, 1489 (aged 23) |
| Spouse | daughter of Hino Katsumitsu |
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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
editYoshihisa'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
edit- 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
editThe years in which Yoshihisa was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 331.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 357., p. 357, at Google Books
- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. pp. 217–229. ISBN 978-0-8047-0525-7.
- ^ Ackroyd, p. 298; n.b., Shōgun Yoshimasa was succeeded by shōgun Yoshihisa (Yoshimasa's natural son), then by shōgun Yoshitane (Yoshimasa's first adopted son), and then by shōgun Yoshizumi (Yoshimasa's second adopted son)
- ^ Titsingh, pp. 357–361, p. 357, at Google Books
References
edit- 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.