Ashikaga Yoshimochi

Ashikaga Yoshimochi

In this Japanese name, the family name is Ashikaga.

Ashikaga Yoshimochi (足利義持, March 12, 1386 – February 3, 1428) 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.^[1]

In 1394, Yoshimitsu gave up his title in favor of his young son, and Yoshimochi was formally confirmed in his office as Seii Taishogun.^[1] Despite any appearance of retirement, the old shogun didn't abandon any of his powers, and Yoshimitsu continued to maintain authority over the shogunate until his death. Yoshimochi exercised unfettered power as shogun only after his father died in 1408.^[2]

In 1398 – in the 6th year of the reign of King Taejong of Joseon, a diplomatic mission was sent to Japan.^[3] Pak Tong-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]

Significant events shape the period during which Yoshimochi was shogun:

1408 – Yoshimochi comes into his own as a shogun.^[5]
1409 – Ashikaga Mochiuji becomes Kantō kubō.^[5]
1411 – Yoshimochi breaks off relations with China.^[6]
1413 – Emperor Go-Komatsu abdicates; Emperor Shōkō ascends throne in repudiation of agreement; renewed hostility between shogunate and supporters of Southern Court.^[5]
1415 – Dissension between Ashikaga Mochiuji, the Kantō Kubō in Kamakura, and Uesugi Zenshū (the Kantō Kanrei).^[6]
1416 – Uesugi rebels.^[5]
1417 – Uesugi's rebellion quelled by Mochiuji.^[6]
1419 – Korean attack on Tsushima (Ōei Invasion).^[6]
1420 – Serious famine with great loss of life.^[6]
1422 – Resurgence of Southern Court supporters.^[5]
1423 – Yoshimochi cedes authority to his son.^[5]

Yoshimochi followed his father's example by formally ceding his powers to a young son, fifth shogun Ashikaga Yoshikazu, who was then 18.^[7]

Era of Yoshimochi's bakufu

The years in which Yoshimochi was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.^[8]

Ōei (1394–1428)

Notes

1 2 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 321., p. 321, at Google Books
↑ Titsingh, p. 325., p. 325, at Google Books
↑ 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
↑ Titsingh, p. 322., p. 322, at Google Books
1 2 3 4 5 6 Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p. 330.
1 2 3 4 5 Sansom, George. (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615, p. 142., p. 142, at Google Books
↑ Titsingh, p. 329., p. 329, at Google Books
↑ Titsingh, pp. 321–329., p. 321, at Google Books

References

Ackroyd, Joyce I. (1982) Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702214851; OCLC 7574544
Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8; OCLC 243874305
Sansom, George Bailey (1961). A History of Japan: 1334–1615. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0525-7; OCLC 43483194
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 585069

Preceded by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu	Muromachi Shogun 1394–1423	Succeeded by Ashikaga Yoshikazu

Ashikaga family tree

Takauji ⁽¹⁾
1305–1338–1358

Yoshiakira⁽²⁾
1330–1358-1367–1368

Yoshimitsu⁽³⁾
1358–1367-1395–1408

Yoshimochi⁽⁴⁾
1386–1395-1423–1428

Yoshikazu⁽⁵⁾
1407–1423–1425

Yoshinori⁽⁶⁾
1394–1428–1441

Yoshikatsu⁽⁷⁾
1433–1442–1443

Masatomo
1435–1491

Yoshimasa^{(8)^{[lower-roman 1]}^{[lower-roman 2]}}
1435–1449-1474–1490

Yoshimi
1439–1491

Yoshizumi^{(11)^{[lower-roman 1]}}
1478–1493-1508–1513

Yoshihisa^{(9)^{[lower-roman 1]}}
1465–1474–1489

Yoshitane^{(10)^{[lower-roman 1]}}
1465–1490-1493+1508-1521–1522

Yoshiharu⁽¹²⁾
1510–1521-1545–1550

Yoshitsuna
1509–1573

Yoshiteru⁽¹³⁾
1535–1545–1565

Yoshiaki⁽¹⁵⁾
1537–1568-1573–1597

Yoshihide⁽¹⁴⁾
1538–1564–1568

Notes:

1 2 3 4 Yoshimasa's successors were Yoshihisa (son), Yoshitane (first adopted son) and Yoshizumi (second adopted son)
↑ The broken lines indicate adoptions within the shogunal clan

Chronology, dates and paternity of the Ashikaga shoguns

	Name	Lived	Reigned	Son of
1st	Takauji	1305–1358	1338–1358	Sadauji
2nd	Yoshiakira	1330–1368	1358–1367	Takauji
3rd	Yoshimitsu	1358–1408	1367–1395	Yoshiakira
4th	Yoshimochi	1386–1428	1395–1423	Yoshimitsu
5th	Yoshikazu	1407–1425	1423–1425	Yoshimochi
6th	Yoshinori	1394–1441	1428–1441	Yoshimitsu
7th	Yoshikatsu	1433–1443	1442–1443	Yoshinori
8th	Yoshimasa	1435–1490	1449–1474	Yoshinori

	Name	Lived	Reigned	Son of
9th	Yoshihisa	1465–1489	1474–1489	Yoshimasa
10th	Yoshitane	1465–1522	1490–1493 1508–1521	Yoshimi
11th	Yoshizumi	1478–1513	1493–1508	Masatomo
12th	Yoshiharu	1510–1550	1521–1545	Yoshizumi
13th	Yoshiteru	1535–1565	1545–1565	Yoshiharu
14th	Yosihide	1538–1568	1564–1568	Yoshitsuna
15th	Yoshiaki	1537–1597	1568–1573	Yoshiharu

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