Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

Seventh shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1434–1443)
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu
足利 義勝
Shōgun
In office
1441–1443
MonarchGo-Hanazono
Preceded byAshikaga Yoshinori
Succeeded byAshikaga Yoshimasa
Personal details
Born(1434-03-19)March 19, 1434
DiedAugust 16, 1443(1443-08-16) (aged 9)
Parents
  • Ashikaga Yoshinori (father)
  • Hino Shigeko (mother)

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (足利 義勝, March 19, 1434 – August 16, 1443) was the seventh shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1442 to 1443 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshikatsu was the son of 6th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori with his concubine, Hino Shigeko (1411–1463).[1] His childhood name was Chiyachamaru (千也茶丸). Hino Tomiko, wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, at first was betrothed to Yoshikatsu.

In 1441, Shōgun Yoshinori is murdered at the age of 48 by Akamatsu Mitsusuke and shortly thereafter it is determined that his 8-year-old son, Yoshikatsu will become the new shōgun.[2] Yoshikatsu is confirmed as shōgun the following year.[3] On August 16, 1443, Yoshikatsu died at the age of 9. Fond of horse riding, he was fatally injured in a fall from a horse. He had been shogun for only two years. His 8-year-old brother, Yoshinari, was then named shōgun.[4] Several years after he became shogun, Yoshinari changed his name to Yoshimasa, and he is better known by that name.[5]

Era of Yoshikatsu's bakufu

The years in which Yoshikatsu was shōgun are more specifically identified by only one era name or nengō.[6]

  • Kakitsu (1441–1444)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 340., p. 340, at Google Books
  2. ^ Titsingh, p. 340., p. 340, at Google Books; Screech, Timon (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822, p. 234 n.10. Yoshinori (1394–1441) ruled 48 years and Yoshikatsu (1434–1443) ruled 8 years. In this period, "children were considered one year old at birth and became two the following New Year's Day; and all people advanced a year that day, not on their actual birthday."
  3. ^ Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 330.
  4. ^ Titsingh, p. 342., p. 342, at Google Books
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 346., p. 346, at Google Books
  6. ^ Titsingh, pp. 331–342., p. 331, at Google Books

References

  • Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 9780702214851; OCLC 7574544
  • Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0-203-09985-8; OCLC 65177072
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 585069
Preceded by Shōgun:
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

1442–1443
Succeeded by
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Ashikaga family tree
adoption

(1305-1358)
Takauji(1)
r. 1338-1358

(1330-1368)
Yoshiakira(2)
r. 1358-1367

(1358-1408)
Yoshimitsu(3)
r. 1367-1395

(1386-1428)
Yoshimochi(4)
r. 1395-1423

(1394-1441)
Yoshinori(6)
r. 1429-1441

(1407-1425)
Yoshikazu(5)
r. 1423-1425

(1433-1443)
Yoshikatsu(7)
r. 1442-1443
(1435-1491)
Masatomo

(1436-1490)
Yoshimasa(8)
r. 1449-1474
(1439-1491)
Yoshimi

(1481-1511)
Yoshizumi(11)
r. 1494-1508

(1465-1489)
Yoshihisa(9)
r. 1474-1489

(1466-1523)
Yoshitane(10)
r. 1490-1493,
1508-1521
(1509-1573)
Yoshitsuna
1509-1573

(1510-1550)
Yoshiharu(12)
r. 1521-1545

(1538-1568)
Yoshihide(14)
r. 1568

(1535-1565)
Yoshiteru(13)
r. 1545-1565

(1537-1597)
Yoshiaki(15)
r. 1568-1573
References:
  • 新井 (Arai), 白石 (Hakuseki) (1982). Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. University of Queensland Press. pp. 298, 385. ISBN 978-0-7022-1485-1.
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric; Roth, Käthe (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
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Chronology, dates and paternity of the Ashikaga shōguns
Name
Lived
Reigned
Son of
1st Takauji 1305–1358 1338–1358 Sadauji
2nd Yoshiakira 1330–1368 1358–1367 Takauji
3rd Yoshimitsu 1358–1408 1367–1395 Yoshiakira
4th Yoshimochi 1386–1428 1395–1423 Yoshimitsu
5th Yoshikazu 1407–1425 1423–1425 Yoshimochi
6th Yoshinori 1394–1441 1428–1441 Yoshimitsu
7th Yoshikatsu 1433–1443 1442–1443 Yoshinori
8th Yoshimasa 1435–1490 1449–1474 Yoshinori
Name
Lived
Reigned
Son of
  9th Yoshihisa 1465–1489 1474–1489 Yoshimasa
10th Yoshitane 1465–1522
1490–1493
1508–1521
Yoshimi
11th Yoshizumi 1478–1513 1493–1508 Masatomo
12th Yoshiharu 1510–1550 1521–1545 Yoshizumi
13th Yoshiteru 1535–1565 1545–1565 Yoshiharu
14th Yosihide 1538–1568 1564–1568 Yoshitsuna
15th Yoshiaki 1537–1597 1568–1588 Yoshiharu
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