Ashikaga Yoshiakira

In this Japanese name, the family name is Ashikaga.

Ashikaga Yoshiakira 足利義詮


2nd Ashikaga shogun
In office 1358–1367
Preceded by	Shogun: Ashikaga Takauji
Succeeded by	Shogun: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Personal details
Born	(1330-07-04)July 4, 1330
Died	December 28, 1367(1367-12-28) (aged 37)
Spouse(s)	Shibukawa Kōshi
Relations	Father: Ashikaga Takauji Mother: Akahashi Tōshi
Children	Ashikaga Yoshimitsu Ashikaga Mitsuakira Others

Ashikaga Yoshiakira (足利義詮, July 4, 1330 – December 28, 1367) was the 2nd shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1358 to 1367 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshiakira was the son of the founder and first shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji. His mother was Akahashi Tōshi, also known as Hōjō Nariko.^[1]

He spent his childhood in Kamakura as a hostage of the Hōjō clan. His father Takauji joined forces with the banished Emperor Go-Daigo. The Kamakura shogunate was overthrown, and Go-Daigo began the process which came to be known as the Kenmu Restoration.^[2]

Yoshiakira assisted Nitta Yoshisada (1301–1338) in his attack on the Kamakura shogunate.^[3]

In 1349, an internal disturbance of the government caused Yoshiakira to be called back to Kyoto, where he found himself named as Takauji's heir. On 5 April 1352, Loyalist forces led by Kitabatake Akiyoshi, Kusunoki Masanori and Chigusa Akitsune occupied Kyoto for twenty days before Yoshiakira was able to retake the city. Loyalist forces led by Masanori and Yamana Tokiuji captured Kyoto again in July 1353, but were repulsed by Yoshiakira in Aug. In Jan. 1355, Loyalist forces led by Momonoi, Tadafuyu, and Yamana captured Kyoto again. However, Kyoto was recaptured on 25 April by Takauji's and Yoshiakira's combined forces.^[4] Yoshiakira succeeded his father Takauji as Seii Taishogun after his death in 1358.^[5]

Significant events shape the period during which Yoshiakira was shogun:

1358 – Takauji dies; Yoshiakira appointed shogun; dissention and defections in shogunate.^[6]
1362 – Hosokawa Kiyouji and Kusunoki Masanori attack Kyoto, Yoshiakira flees, but regains the capital in twenty days.^[6]^[4]^:107-108
1365 – Emperor Go-Daigo's son, Prince Kaneyoshi (also known as Kanenaga) gains control of Kyushu.^[6]
1367 – Kantō kubō Ashikaga Motouji dies;^[6] Yoshiakira falls ill and cedes his position to his son.^[7]

Some months after his death he was succeeded by his son Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who became the third shogun in 1368. Yoshiakira was posthumously named 宝篋院 (Hōkyōin), and his grave is at Tōji-in, Kyoto,^[8] at the same site as his father's grave.^[1]

Eras of Yoshiakira's bakufu

The years in which Yoshiakira was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.^[9]

Nanboku-chō southern court

Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript):
- Shōhei (1346–1370)

Nanboku-chō northern Court

Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript):
- Enbun (1356–1361)
- Kōan (1361–1362)
- Jōji (1362–1368)

Notes

1 2 "足利義詮" [Ashikaga Yoshiakira]. Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 290-294., p. 290, at Google Books
↑ "足利義詮" [Ashikaga Yoshiakira]. Dijitaru Daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
1 2 Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 81, 87–89, 92–97. ISBN 0804705259.
↑ Titsingh, p. 304., p. 304, at Google Books
1 2 3 4 Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 329.
↑ Titsingh, p. 307., p. 307, at Google Books
↑ Titsingh,p. 308., p. 308, at Google Books
↑ Titsingh, pp. 304–308., p. 304, at Google Books

References

Ackroyd, Joyce I. (1982) Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702214851; OCLC 7574544
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 Takauji	Muromachi Shogun 1358–1367	Succeeded by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

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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