Ashikaga Yoshihisa

was the 9th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1473 to 1489 during the Muromachi period of Japan.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) "Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p.331.] Yoshihisa was the son of the eighth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA357,M1 "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 357.] ]

Since the almost 30-year-old shogun Yoshimasa had no heir by 1464, he adopted his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshimi in order to succeed him. However, Yoshihisa was born in the next year starting a struggle for succession between brothers that erupted into the Ōnin War starting in 1467, beginning the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In the middle of hostilities, Yoshimasa retired in 1473, relinquishing the position of "Seii Taishogun" to Yoshihisa. [see above] ]

Events of Yoshihisa's "bakufu"

Significant events shape the period during which Yoshihisa was shogun: [see above] ]
* 1479 -- Yoshihisa's shogunal administration begins. [see above] ]
* 1489 -- Yoshihisa dies in camp during campaign against Sasaki Takayori; Yoshimasa resumes administration. [see above] ]
* 1490 -- Yoshimasa dies. [see above] ]

After the Ōnin war, Rokkaku Takayori, the daimyo of southern Omi province, seized land and manors owned by nobles of the imperial court, temples, and shrines. In 1487, Yoshihisa led a campaign ("Rokkaku Tobatsu") against Takayori but died of unexpectedly, leaving no heir.

Yoshihisa was followed by his cousin, the tenth shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane in the following year.

Eras of Yoshihisa's "bakufu"

The years in which Yoshihisa was shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or "nengō". [Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA357,M1 pp. 357] -361.]
* "Bunmei" (1469-1487)
* "Chōkyō" (1487-1489)

Notes

References

* Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) "Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron." Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. 10-ISBN 0-702-21485-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-702-21485-1 (cloth)
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834), [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click for digitized, full-text copy of this book ( in French).]