ASHIKAGA YOSHIMOCHI

was the '4th shogun' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1394 to 1423 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimochi was the son of the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
After his father Yoshimitsu retired in 1394, Yoshimochi succeeded him as ''Seii Taishogun'' in the same year. Being a young child, Yoshimochi held authority over the shogunate. After his father died in 1408, Yoshimochi held sole power as shogun.
He took as beloved Akamatsu Mochisada, to whom he granted lands which Mochisada mismanaged. His own family denounced him, and he had to commit seppuku by order of his lover, the shogun. In 1423, Yoshimochi retired and was succeeded by his son, the fifth shogun Ashikaga Yoshikazu.

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Era of Yoshimochi's ''bakufu''

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Further reading

Era of Yoshimochi's ''bakufu''

The years in which Yoshimochi was shogan are more specifically identified by more than one 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 Yoshimitsu'

'Muromachi Shogun: Ashikaga Yoshimochi' 1394–1423

Succeeded by: 'Ashikaga Yoshikazu'