ASHIKAGA YOSHIKAZU

was the '5th shogun' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1423 to 1425 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshikazu was the son of the fourth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
After his father Yoshimochi retired, Yoshikazu became ''Seii Taishogun'' but died two years afterwards. He was succeeded four years later by his uncle, the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori in 1429.

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Era of Yoshikazu's ''bakufu''

References

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Further reading

Era of Yoshikazu's ''bakufu''

The years in which Yoshikazu was shogan are encompassed within a single era name or ''nengō''.

★ ''Ōei'' (1394-1428)

References

Notes

Further reading

★ Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834), [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], ''Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon.'' Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.--''Two copies of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

Preceded by: 'Ashikaga Yoshimochi'

'Muromachi Shogun: Ashikaga Yoshikazu' 1423–1425

Succeeded by: 'Ashikaga Yoshinori'