Ashikaga Yoshitane

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Ashikaga Yoshitane ( Japanese 足 利 義 稙 ; * September 9, 1465 ; † May 23, 1522 ) was the tenth shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate and ruled from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 1521 in the Sengoku period of Japan . Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and grandson of the sixth Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshinori .

When the ninth shogun, Ashikaga Yoshihisa, died of illness in 1489 without heir while he was on a campaign against Rokkaku Takayori ( Rokkaku Tobatsu ), the daimyo of the southern province of Ōmi , Yoshitane became Seii Taishogun the following year . In 1493 Yoshitane rose against the influential Hosokawa Masamoto and was therefore replaced by the 11th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshizumi .

In 1508, after the Battle of Funaokayama and with the assistance of Ōuchi Yoshioki , Yoshitane regained the position of Seii Taishogun of Yoshizumi. After a power struggle with Hosokawa Takakuni , Yoshitane fled to Awaji Island and died in Awa Province on Shikoku Island . Hosokawa Masamoto then put the 12th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiharu , a.

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E. Papinot: Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan . P. 33
personal data
SURNAME Ashikaga Yoshitane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 足 利 義 稙
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese shogun
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1465
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1522