Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (Jp. 足利 義勝) (March 19, 1434 – August 16, 1443) was the 7th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1442 to 1443 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimasa was the son of the 6th shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori.

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Jp - March 19 - 1434 - August 16 - 1443 - Shogun - Ashikaga shogunate - 1442 - Muromachi period - Japan - Ashikaga Yoshinori

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Yoshikatsu became Seii Taishogun at 8 years of age a year after the assassination of his father Yoshinori by Akamatsu Mitsusuke in the Kakitsu Rebellion of 1441.

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Seii Taishogun - Assassin - Akamatsu Mitsusuke - Kakitsu Rebellion - 1441

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However, Yoshikatsu died from disease in the next year and was succeeded by his younger brother, the 8th shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, in 1449.

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Ashikaga Yoshimasa - 1449

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