Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (born 1386)

Ashikaga Yoshimochi

Military ruler of Japan from 1394 to 1423

Ashikaga Yoshimochi 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.