Yoshihisa Ashikaga

Yoshihisa Ashikaga (, Ashikaga Yoshihisa ) (December 11th 1465 - April 26th 1489) was the ninth of the Shoguns Ashikaga of the Period Muromachi of the history of the Japan. Yoshihisa was the son of the eighth Shogun, Yoshimasa Ashikaga and reigned of 1473 with 1489.

In 1464, the Shogun Yoshimasa Ashikaga not having still a heir at almost thirty years, it designates his/her brother Yoshimi Ashikaga as a successor. However, the following year, with the birth of his son Yoshihisa, it changes opinion and indicates this one like heir. Because of the mediation of the lords Katsumoto Hosokawa and Sōzen Yamana, supporting each one one of the two heirs, this situation degenerates into 1467 in a conflict called Guerre of Ōnin, which will last until in 1477 and will start the Period Sengoku of the Histoire of Japan, one duration one century. In the middle of the conflict, Yoshimasa withdraws in 1473, giving up the position of '' Seii Taishogun '' with his/her Yoshihisa son.

After the war of Ōnin, Takayori Rokkaku, the Daimyō of the southernmost province of Omi (current the Prefecture of Shiga) seizes the grounds and the manors had by the noble ones of the imperial court, the temples, and the sanctuaries. In 1487, Yoshihisa conducts a campaign ( Rokkaku Tobatsu ) against Rokkaku, but dies of disease in 1489 without leaving of heir.

April 26th, 1489: The shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa died old 25. It is buried in Kyoto with Tō-ji the following day.

His/her cousin Yoshitane Ashikaga succeeds to him under tenth shogun the following year.

Sources

Ponsonby-Fan, `Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: the Capital Old off Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Society Memorial.

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