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Ashikaga Yoshiharu ( Jp. 足利 義晴, April 2, 1510May 20, 1550) was the 12th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1521 to 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of the 11th shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi.

After the 10th shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane and Hosokawa Takakuni struggled for power over the shogunate in 1521, Yoshitane ran away to Awaji Island and Yoshiharu was installed as a puppet shogun. Not having any political power and repeatedy being forced out of the capital of Kyoto, Yoshiharu eventually retired in 1546 over a politic struggle between Miyoshi Nagayoshi and Hosokawa Harumoto making his son Ashikaga YoshiteruAshikaga Yoshiteru ( Jp. March 31, 1536 June 17, 1565) was the 13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the eldest son of the 12th shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu. His mother is a daug the 13th shogun.

Supported by Oda NobunagaOda Nobunaga ( June 23, 1534 June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. Son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari Province, Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest to eventu, his son Ashikaga YoshiakiAshikaga Yoshiaki ( Jp. December 5, 1537 October 9, 1597) was the 15th, and last, shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573. The Ashikaga shogunate was destroyed in 1573 when Oda Nobunaga drove Yoshiaki out of Kyoto. 1537 bir became the 15th shogun.

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Preceded by:
Ashikaga Yoshitane
Ashikaga Shogun
1521-1546
Succeeded by:
Ashikaga Yoshiteru


1510 births 1550 deaths Yoshiharu

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