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Ashikaga Yoshiharu 足利 義晴 | |
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| Shōgun | |
| In office 1521–1545 | |
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| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshitane |
| Succeeded by | Ashikaga Yoshiteru |
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| Born | April 2, 1511 |
| Died | May 20, 1550 (aged 39) |
| Spouse(s) | Keiju-in, daughter of Konoe Hisamichi |
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Ashikaga Yoshiharu (足利 義晴, April 2, 1511 – May 20, 1550) was the twelfth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan.[1] He was the son of the eleventh shōgun Ashikaga Yoshizumi.[2]
From a western perspective, Yoshiharu is significant, as he was shogun when the first contact of Japan with the European West took place in 1543. A Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, landed in Japan. In 1526, Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.[3]
- ^ Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 332.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 370., p. 370, at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, p. 373., p. 373, at Google Books