Ashikaga Yoshitane

Ashikaga Yoshitane

Ashikaga Yoshitane (足利 義稙; September 9, 1466 – May 23, 1523), also known as Ashikaga Yoshiki (足利 義材), was the 10th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 1521 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and grandson of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori. In his early life, he was named Yoshiki (sometimes translated as Yoshimura), and then Yoshitada — including the period of when he is first installed as shōgun; however, he changed his name to Yoshitane in 1501 in a period when he was temporarily exiled, and it is by this name that he is generally known today. The 9th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa died in 1489 on a battlefield of southern Ōmi Province. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Ashikaga Yoshitane is the 10,584th most popular politician (down from 10,362nd in 2024). (up from 2,276th in 2019)