Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shōgun (died 1597)

Ashikaga Yoshiaki

Military ruler of Japan from 1568 to 1573

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown. His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was the twelfth shōgun, and his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was the thirteenth shōgun.