Ashikaga Yoshiakira
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Ashikaga Yoshiakira (足利 義詮? July 4, 1330—December 28, 1367) was the second shogun 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 shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji.
He spent his childhood in Kamakura as a hostage of the Hōjō clan. His father Takauji joined forces with the banished Emperor Go-Daigo, and when the shogunate was finally destroyed, and Go-Daigo started the Kemmu Restoration, Yoshiakira was dispatched to Kamakura.
An internal disturbance of the government caused Yoshiakira to be called back to Kyoto. Yoshiakira succeeded his father Takauji as Seii Taishogun after his death in 1358.
A year after his death, he was succeeded by his son Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the third shogun in 1368.
His tomb is in Tojiin, Kyoto.
| Preceded by: Ashikaga Takauji |
Ashikaga Shogun 1358–1367 |
Succeeded by: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu |
