Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shōgun (died 1490)

Ashikaga Yoshimasa

Military ruler of Japan from 1436 to 1490

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was the eighth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1443 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. His actions led to the Ōnin War (1467–1477), which triggered the Sengoku period. His reign saw a cultural flourishing in the arts, the…