Shogunal Rule of Ashikaga Yoshinori (1430s)

Name: Shogunal Rule of Ashikaga Yoshinori (1430s)
Start: 1431
End: 1440

Type Event Region Asia Time 1431–1440

Ashikaga Yoshinori, sixth Muromachi shogun from 1429 until his assassination in 1441, tightened control over Kantō and the shugo daimyō in the 1430s …

Timeline

1431–1435Kyoto · KinkiAfter accession, Yoshinori reorganized shogunal institutions, tightened constraints on the Kantō tandai and the shugo, and suppressed regional forces through military and political means, markedly strengthening the shogun's decision-making power.
1436–1440Kyoto · KinkiYoshinori actively sought Ming investiture to bolster external legitimacy while intervening in court appointments and temple-shrine interests, making Kyoto politics increasingly tense under the assertive shogun.

Sources

Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 3: Medieval Japan (1990)