Ashikaga Yoshiharu

Ashikaga Yoshiharu
足利 義晴
Shōgun
In office
1521–1545
Monarchs
Preceded byAshikaga Yoshitane
Succeeded byAshikaga Yoshiteru
Personal details
Born(1511-04-02)April 2, 1511
DiedMay 20, 1550(1550-05-20) (aged 39)
Spouse(s)Keiju-in, daughter of Konoe Hisamichi
Children
Parents
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Ashikaga Yoshiharu (足利 義晴, April 2, 1511 – May 20, 1550) was the twelfth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan.[1] He was the son of the eleventh shōgun Ashikaga Yoshizumi.[2]

From a western perspective, Yoshiharu is significant, as he was shogun when the first contact of Japan with the European West took place in 1543. A Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, landed in Japan. In 1526, Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.[3]

  1. ^ Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 332.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 370., p. 370, at Google Books
  3. ^ Titsingh, p. 373., p. 373, at Google Books