Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (died 1367)

Ashikaga Yoshiakira

Military ruler of Japan from 1358 to 1367

Ashikaga Yoshiakira was the second shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1358 to 1367 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshiakira was the son of the founder and first shōgun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji. His mother was Akahashi Tōshi (赤橋登子), also…