Ashikaga Yoshihide

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Ashikaga Yoshihide ( Jap. 足利義栄 * 1538 , † 28. October 1568 ) was the 14th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate , the short period from February to September 1568 during the Muromachi period in Japan ruled. He was the grandson of the 11th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshizumi .

Supported by Matsunaga Hisahide and followers of Miyoshi Nagayoshi , Yoshihide Seii Taishogun became the 13th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru , three years after the death of his predecessor and cousin . Because of the political situation at that time, however, he could not move into the capital Kyoto .

In September 1568 Oda Nobunaga marched into Kyoto and installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th Shogun. Yoshihide died soon after of an illness.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan. Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, 1992, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 , p. 35.


personal data
SURNAME Ashikaga, Yoshihide
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 足 利 義 栄 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 14. Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
DATE OF BIRTH 1538
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1568