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Ashikaga Yoshihisa Appointed Shogun

Type Event Region Asia Time 1489

Ashikaga Yoshihisa was the ninth Muromachi sei-i taishōgun; this entry focuses on 1489, when he died aged 25 during the campaign against Rokkawa Taka…

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  1. 1487–1489Ōmi Province · Ōmi ProvinceIn 1487, Ashikaga Yoshihisa launched the Chōkyō–Rokkawa campaign against the Ōmi shugo Rokkawa Takayoshi, who had seized temple and shrine lands, and established camp at Totsu. The Rokkawa forces adopted guerrilla tactics, and the campaign dragged on in stalemate, with the shogunate unable to win a quick victory.
  2. 1489Totsu camp · Ōmi ProvinceOn March 26, 1489, Ashikaga Yoshihisa died of illness in the military camp at Totsu at the age of twenty-five. The campaign ended in failure, the shogunate army withdrew, and the shogunal position subsequently passed to his cousin Ashikaga Yoshimochi (Yoshizane).

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