Ashikaga Yoshimochi 足利 義持 | |
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| Shōgun | |
| In office 1394–1423 | |
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| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu |
| Succeeded by | Ashikaga Yoshikazu |
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| Born | March 12, 1386 |
| Died | February 3, 1428 (aged 41) |
| Spouse | Hino Eishi [ja] |
| Children | Ashikaga Yoshikazu |
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Ashikaga Yoshimochi (足利 義持, March 12, 1386 – February 3, 1428) was the fourth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1394 to 1423 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimochi was the son of the third shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and the elder brother of the sixth third shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshinori.[1]
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 321., p. 321, at Google Books