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Ashikaga Yoshitane

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1466–1523 Also known as Yoshimune、Yoshiharu、Ashikaga Yoshiharu

Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466–1523), tenth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, repeatedly raised up and deposed, a symbolic figure of declining shogunal au…

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  1. 1511–1514Ōmi Province · Muromachi shogunateYoshitane lost control of Kyoto amid Hosokawa clan infighting; the shogunal position was taken by Yoshizumi and Yoshitsura. He wandered in exile seeking support from western daimyo, accumulating strength for his eventual third restoration.
  2. 1515–1518Yamaguchi · Ōuchi landsHosokawa Takakuni and Ōuchi Yoshioki allied, using Yoshitane as nominal leader against the Hosokawa Sumimoto faction; the Ōuchi clan supplied troops, and Yoshitane mustered forces in Buzen and Yamaguchi, preparing to march on Kyoto again.
  3. 1518–1520Kyoto · Muromachi shogunateAfter Hosokawa Takakuni defeated his rivals in 1518, Yoshitane was brought into Kyoto and took the shogunate for a third time; however real power lay with Hosokawa, Ōuchi, and other shugo daimyo, and the shogunate's restraint over provincial daimyo was far weaker than before.

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