Yoshikazu Ashikaga

Japanese: 足利義量 - あしかが・よしかず

Year of death: February 27, 1425 (March 16, 1425)
Year of birth: July 24, 1407 (August 27, 1407)
The fifth Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate. The eldest son of Yoshimochi, his mother was Eiko, the daughter of Hino Sukeyasu. He came of age in December 1417 and was appointed Middle Captain of the Right Guard, Junior Fifth Rank. In March 1437, he succeeded his father Yoshimochi as Shogun, but Yoshimochi continued to refer to himself as "Muromachi-dono" and personally controlled government affairs, while Yoshikazu was a complete puppet. In October of the same year, he became a councilor, and in January of the following year, he was promoted to Junior Fourth Rank, but the following month, he fell ill and died. He was 19 years old. After his death, Yoshimochi continued to personally control affairs, and as he had no siblings, the position of Shogun remained vacant for about four years. In 1457, on the 33rd anniversary of his death, he was posthumously awarded the rank of Junior First Rank as Minister of the Left.

(Akira Imaya)

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Japanese:

没年：応永32.2.27(1425.3.16)
生年：応永14.7.24(1407.8.27)
室町幕府第5代将軍。義持の長男,母は日野資康の娘栄子。応永24(1417)年12月元服,正五位下右近衛中将に叙任される。同30年3月,父義持のあとを受けて将軍に任官したが,依然義持が「室町殿」と称され政務を親裁し,義量は全くの傀儡であった。同年10月参議,翌年1月正四位下に上るが,その翌月発病して死去。19歳。その死後はなお義持が親裁し,兄弟もなかったため将軍職は約4年間空位のままであった。長禄1(1457)年,33回忌に左大臣従一位を追贈された。

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