Yoshihisa Ashikaga

Japanese: 足利義尚 - あしかがよしひさ

Born: November 23, 1465 in Kyoto
[Died] March 26, 1489. Omi, Kagi The 9th Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate (in office 1473-89). His father was Yoshimasa. His mother was Hino Tomiko. His wife was the daughter of Hino Katsumitsu. Before Yoshihisa was born, Ashikaga Yoshimasa had appointed his younger brother Yoshimi as his successor, but Tomiko wanted Yoshihisa to succeed him as Shogun and asked Yamana Mochitoyo to do so, which was one of the causes of the Onin War. In the middle of the war in Bunmei 5 (1473), he came of age and was appointed Shogoi no Ge, Sakonoe no Chujo, and Seii Taishogun. In the following year, he was promoted to Junior Fourth Rank, Lower; in the following year, he was promoted to Senior Fourth Rank, Councilor, and Provincial Governor of Mimasaka; in the following year, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank; in the following year, he was promoted to Senior Third Rank; in the following year, he was promoted to Junior Second Rank; in the following year, he was promoted to Gon Dainagon; in the following year, he was promoted to Junior First Rank; in the following year, he was promoted to Chief Ushioja, Chief Administrator of Junna Shogakuin and Ryoin Temples; in the following year, he was promoted to Ukon'e Taisho, and in the following year, he was promoted to Inspector of Umaryo. In the first year of Chokyo (87), he marched to Omi Province to subjugate Rokkaku Takayori. In July of the second year of Chokyo (889), he changed his name to Yoshihiro. In September of the same year, he was promoted to Minister of the Interior. In the first year of Entoku (89), he died of an illness while camping at Magari in Omi Province. His posthumous name was Jodo-in Doji Etsuzan. In the early years of his tenure as Shogun, he was under the guardianship of his father because he was still a child, but as he grew older, he showed enthusiasm for government affairs, loved the arts and sciences, and indulged in alcohol and women. He asked Ichijo Kaneyoshi about the key points of governing a country and was given the "Shodan Jiyo." His collection of poems is "Jotokuin-dono Goshu."

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Japanese:

[生]寛正6(1465).11.23. 京都
[没]延徳1(1489).3.26. 近江，鈎
室町幕府9代将軍 (在職 1473～89) 。父は義政。母は日野富子。妻は日野勝光の娘。義尚の誕生以前に足利義政は弟の義視を後嗣と定めていたが，富子が子義尚の将軍襲職を望んで山名持豊に依頼したことが応仁の乱の一因となった。乱の最中の文明5 (1473) 年元服，正五位下，左近衛中将，征夷大将軍となる。翌6年従四位下，同7年正四位下，参議，美作権守，同8年従三位，同9年正三位，同 11年従二位，同 12年権大納言，同 15年従一位，同 16年氏長者，淳和奨学両院別当，同 17年右近衛大将，同 18年馬寮御監。長享1 (87) 年六角高頼征伐のため近江国に出陣。同2年7月義煕と改名。同年9月内大臣。延徳1 (89) 年近江国鈎 (まがり) の陣中で病没した。法諡は常徳院道治悦山。将軍在任初期には幼少のため父の後見を受けたが，成長とともに政務に意欲を示し，学芸を好み，また酒色に耽溺した。一条兼良に治国の要をたずねて『樵談治要』を贈られた。歌集に『常徳院殿御集』がある。

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