Ashikaga Yoshihide
Military ruler of Japan in 1568
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Ashikaga Yoshihide (足利 義栄; 1538 – October 28, 1568) was the 14th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, who held nominal power for a few months in 1568 during the Muromachi period of Japan. He became shōgun three years after the death of his cousin, the 13th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru.[1]
Ashikaga Yoshihide 足利 義栄 | |
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| Shōgun | |
| In office 1564–1568 | |
| Monarch | Ōgimachi |
| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshiteru |
| Succeeded by | Ashikaga Yoshiaki |
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| Born | 1538 |
| Died | October 28, 1568 |
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When Yoshihide became shōgun, he changed his name to Yoshinaga; however, today, he is more conventionally recognized by the name Yoshihide.[2]
Biography
Shortly after having been proclaimed shōgun, Yoshihide died from a contagious disease. In the same month, Oda Nobunaga marched his armies into Kyoto, the capital, and seized control.[3] Nobunaga installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the fifteenth shōgun.[4]
Family
- Father: Ashikaga Yoshitsuna
- Mother: Daughter of Ōuchi Yoshioki
- Wife: Yuki no Tsubone