Ashikaga Yoshinori

Ashikaga Yoshinori (Jp. 足利 義教) (July 12, 1394 – July 12, 1441) was the 6th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1429 to 1441 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshinori was the son of the 3rd shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

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Jp - July 12 - 1394 - 1441 - Shogun - Ashikaga shogunate - 1429 - Muromachi period - Japan - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

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After the death of the 5th shogun Ashikaga Yoshikazu in 1425, the 4th shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi would not decide a successor. After Yoshimochi's death in 1428, Yoshinori became Seii Taishogun the year after by pulling lots in front of Iwashimizu Shrine in Kyoto to solve the long undecided matter of succession.

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Ashikaga Yoshikazu - 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi - 1428 - Seii Taishogun - Iwashimizu Shrine - Kyoto

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Yoshinori strengthened the power of the shogunate after defeating Ashikaga Mochiuji in the Eikyo Rebellion of 1438.

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Ashikaga Mochiuji - Eikyo Rebellion - 1438

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Yoshinori was assassinated in 1441 by Akamatsu Mitsusuke in the Kakitsu Rebellion. He was succeeded by his son, the 7th shogun Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, in the next year but the power of the shogunate fell into decline.

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Akamatsu Mitsusuke - Kakitsu Rebellion - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

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