Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408)

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

Military ruler of Japan from 1368 to 1394

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the third shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was Ashikaga Yoshiakira's third son but the oldest son to survive, his childhood name being Haruō (春王). Yoshimitsu was appointed shōgun,…