Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shōgun (born 1434)

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

Military ruler of Japan from 1442 to 1443

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu 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). His childhood name was Chiyachamaru…