Ashikaga Shigeuji (足利成氏) (c. 1438 – 1497)[1] was a Muromachi period warrior and the Kamakura-fu's fifth and last Kantō kubō (Shōgun Deputy).[a] Fourth son of fourth Kubō Ashikaga Mochiuji, he succeeded his father only in 1449, a full decade after his death by seppuku. His childhood name was Eijuō-maru (永寿王丸).[b] His rule was from its onset troubled by hostilities with the central government: he was finally deposed in 1455 by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, after which he escaped to Koga in Shimōsa Province, where he became known as Koga kubō. There, he ruled until his death in 1497.
- ^ According to the Kokushi Daijiten (see references) Shigeuji's date of birth used to be reckoned (on the basis of the Yūki Kassen-ki (結城合戦記) to be 1434 (date used for example by Papinot, see references) but is believed today to be 1438.
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