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Ashikaga Yoshihisa

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	(1465-12-11)December 11, 1465
Died	April 26, 1489(1489-04-26) (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 periodofJapan.^[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 periodofJapanese history. In the middle of hostilities, Yoshimasa retired in 1473, relinquishing the position of Sei-i Taishōgun to Yoshihisa.^[4]

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]}

• Father: Ashikaga Yoshimasa
• Mother: Hino Tomiko
• Wife: Shōun'in, daughter of Hino Katsumitsu
• Concubine: daughter of Tokudaiji priest
• Child: a daughter

The years in which Yoshihisa was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one era nameornengō.^[5]

• Bunmei (1469–1487)
• Chōkyō (1487–1489)

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