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The Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu), also known as the Muromachi shogunate (室町幕府, Muromachi bakufu), was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573. [1]
The Ashikaga clan had 15 Shōguns from 1333 to 1573. [4] Some were more powerful or prominent than others. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the third shogun of the Ashikaga clan. He made the Ashikaga Shogunate strong and stable. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was responsible for the defeat of the Southern Court in 1392.
This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan ... Shogun from Shogun until 1 Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358) ... The following were military dictators of ...
Ashikaga Yoshiteru (足利 義輝, March 31, 1536 – June 17, 1565), also known as Yoshifushi or Yoshifuji, was the 13th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. [1]
The ensuing period of Ashikaga rule (1336–1573) was called Muromachi after the district of Kyoto in which its headquarters – the Hana-no-gosho (花の御所, Flower Palace) – were relocated by the third shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, in 1378.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597) [1] was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown. [2] His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was the twelfth shōgun, and his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was the thirteenth shōgun. [3]
In 1428, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the fourth shogun, was ill and the question of his succession arose. Ashikaga Yoshikazu, the 5th shogun, died of illness at the age of 19, so the 6th shogun was chosen from among Yoshimochi's four brothers, and to ensure fairness, a lottery was held. The sixth shogun was Ashikaga Yoshinori.
The Revolt of Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Japanese: 足利義昭の乱) took place in 1573 and was led by Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the 15th Shogun of Japan and a member of the Ashikaga clan. Yoshiaki became shogun in 1568 with the support of Oda Nobunaga , who helped him gain power.