Ashikaga Yoshiakira

Ashikaga Yoshiakira
足利 義詮
Shōgun
In office
1358–1367
MonarchGo-Murakami
Preceded byAshikaga Takauji
Succeeded byAshikaga Yoshimitsu
Personal details
BornJuly 4, 1330
DiedDecember 28, 1367(1367-12-28) (aged 37)
SpouseShibukawa Kōshi
Children
Parents
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Ashikaga Yoshiakira (足利 義詮, July 4, 1330 – December 28, 1367) was the second shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1358 to 1367 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshiakira was the son of the founder and first shōgun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji. His mother was Akahashi Tōshi (赤橋登子), also known as Hōjō Nariko.[1]

His childhood name was Senjuō (千寿王). He spent his childhood in Kamakura as a hostage of the Hōjō clan. His father Takauji joined forces with the banished Emperor Go-Daigo. Go-Daigo revolted against the Kamakura shogunate in the Kenmu Restoration.[2] Yoshiakira assisted Nitta Yoshisada (1301–1338) in his attack on the Kamakura shogunate.[3] During the Nanboku-cho period, several Loyalist occupations of Kyoto in the 1350s were successfully retaken by Yoshiakira.

  1. ^ "足利 義詮" [Ashikaga Yoshiakira]. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 290–294., p. 290, at Google Books
  3. ^ "足利義詮" [Ashikaga Yoshiakira]. Dijitaru Daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-31.

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