Ashikaga Yoshihisa

Ashikaga Yoshihisa
足利義尚
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	December 11, 1465
Died	April 26, 1489 (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

^ ^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

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.

Preceded by Ashikaga Yoshimasa	Shōgun: Ashikaga Yoshihisa 1473–1489	Succeeded by Ashikaga Yoshitane

[ackroyd331-1] Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 331.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 357., p. 357, at Google Books

[Sansom2-3] Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. pp. 217–229. ISBN 978-0-8047-0525-7.

[4] 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)

[5] Titsingh, pp. 357–361, p. 357, at Google Books

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