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Ashikaga Yoshimasa

1435 - 1490

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Ashikaga Yoshimasa (足利 義政; January 20, 1436 – January 27, 1490) was the eighth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. His actions led to the Ōnin War (1467–1477), which triggered the Sengoku period. His reign saw a cultural flourishing in the arts, the development of tea ceremony, Zen Buddhism and wabi-sabi aesthetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashikaga Yoshimasa is the 6,499th most popular politician (down from 6,196th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from Japan (down from 454th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashikaga Yoshimasa ranks 6,499 out of 19,576. Before him are Trần Đức Lương, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Jacob van Artevelde, Mahmud Barzanji, García Ramírez of Navarre, and Amy Coney Barrett. After him are Ronald Lauder, Shoshenq IV, Guido de Marco, Ayşe Sultan, Karin Keller-Sutter, and Józef Cyrankiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1435, Ashikaga Yoshimasa ranks 8. Before him are Hans Memling, Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, Andrea della Robbia, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Bernt Notke, and Michael Pacher. After him are Johannes Tinctoris, Pietro Lombardo, Jacob Sprenger, Sittişah Hatun, Konstantin Mihailović, and Giovanni Santi. Among people deceased in 1490, Ashikaga Yoshimasa ranks 5. Before him are Matthias Corvinus, Carlo Crivelli, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, and Geertgen tot Sint Jans. After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, Hans Talhoffer, Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, and Pedro Tafur.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimasa ranks 527 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Mitsuo Kamata (1937), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Sadao Araki (1877), Emperor Kazan (967), and Emperor Go-Murakami (1328). After him are Takeshi Natori (null), Yukiya Amano (1947), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Shibata Katsuie (1522), Eiichiro Oda (1975), and Kozo Arai (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimasa ranks 182. Before him are Emperor Go-Ichijō (1008), Morihiro Hosokawa (1938), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Hayato Ikeda (1899), Emperor Kazan (967), and Emperor Go-Murakami (1328). After him are Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Fusako Shigenobu (1945), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Ōyama Iwao (1842), and Empress Masako (1963).

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