Ashikaga Yoshimochi

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Ashikaga Yoshimochi
足利 義持
Shōgun
In office
1394–1423
Monarchs
Preceded byAshikaga Yoshimitsu
Succeeded byAshikaga Yoshikazu
Personal details
Born(1386-03-12)March 12, 1386
DiedFebruary 3, 1428(1428-02-03) (aged 41)
SpouseHino Eishi
ChildrenAshikaga Yoshikazu
Parents
  • Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (father)
  • Fujiwara no Yoshiko (mother)
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Ashikaga Yoshimochi (足利 義持, March 12, 1386 – February 3, 1428) was the fourth

shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1394 to 1423 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimochi was the son of the third shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.[1]

Succession and rule

In 1394, Yoshimitsu gave up his title in favor of his young son, and Yoshimochi was formally confirmed in his office as

Sei-i Taishōgun.[1] Despite any appearance of retirement, the old shōgun didn't abandon any of his powers, and Yoshimitsu continued to maintain authority over the shogunate until his death. Yoshimochi exercised unfettered power as shōgun only after his father died in 1408.[2]

In 1398, during the sixth year of the reign of King Taejo of Joseon, a diplomatic mission was sent to Japan.[3] Pak Ton-chi and his retinue arrived in Kyoto in 1398 (Ōei 5, 8th month). Shogun Yoshimochi presented the envoy with a formal diplomatic letter; and presents were given for the envoy to convey to the Joseon court.[4]

In 1408, Yoshimochi comes into his own as a shōgun. The next year

Kantō Kubō in Kamakura, and Uesugi Zenshū (the Kantō Kanrei) in 1415,[6] and the Uesugi rebels the following year,[5] but it was quelled by Mochiuji by 1417.[6]

A Korean attack on Tsushima (Ōei Invasion) happened in 1419, and serious famine with great loss of life occurred the next year.[6] In 1422, there was a resurgence in supporters of the Southern Court. Yoshimochi cedes authority to his son in 1423,[5] but he had to retake responsibilities of the office of shōgun when his son died in 1425.[7] Yoshimochi followed his father's example by formally ceding his powers to a young son, fifth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshikazu, who was then 18.[8]

Family

Era of Yoshimochi's bakufu

The years in which Yoshimochi was shōgun are more specifically identified by more than one

nengō.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 321., p. 321, at Google Books
  2. ^ Titsingh, p. 325., p. 325, at Google Books
  3. ^ Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 275., p. 275, at Google Books
  4. ^ Titsingh, p. 322., p. 322, at Google Books
  5. ^ a b c d Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p. 330.
  6. ^ a b c d Sansom, George. (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615, p. 142., p. 142, at Google Books
  7. ^ Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 330.
  8. ^ Titsingh, p. 329., p. 329, at Google Books
  9. ^ Titsingh, pp. 321–329., p. 321, at Google Books

References

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Shōgun
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Ashikaga Yoshimochi
1394–1423 		Succeeded by
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