Ashikaga Yoshitsuna

Ashikaga Yoshitsuna (足利義維, 1509–1573) was a Japanese samurai of the Ashikaga clan during the Sengoku period of Japan's history.

Yoshitsuna was the brother of Ashikaga Yoshiharu who was the 12th shogun of the Muromachi shogunate. Both men were sons of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, who was the 11th Ashikaga shogun.^[1]

Yoshitsuna was adopted as heir of the 10th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshitane, but he was never elevated to this leadership role.^[2]

Yoshitsuna was the father of the 14th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshihide.^[3]

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References

• Berry, Mary Elizabeth. (1994). The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520081703; OCLC 27812307
• Yamasaki, Shigehisa. (1981). Chronological Table of Japanese Art (英文曰本美術年表). Tokyo: Geishinsha. OCLC 8399520

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
Related topics: Muromachi period Hana-no Gosho Nijō Castle Ashikaga clan Seii Taishogun