Ashikaga Yoshiteru

Ashikaga Yoshiteru (Jp. 足利 義輝; 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 daughter of Konoe Taneie who would later be come to called Keijuin(慶寿院). His younger brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki became 15th shogun.

As Puppet Shogun

No sooner had Yoshiteru been coronated, his father Yoshiharu made a truce with Harumoto to return to Kyoto. Yet, Harumoto's retainer Miyoshi Nagayoshi parted with Harumoto to take the side of Hosokawa Ujitsuna and two Hosokawa started a war that drove out Yoshiteru, his father Yoshiharu and Harumoto as well from Kyoto. On 1550, Yoshiharu passed away Omi unable to return to Kyoto.

Related Topics:
Miyoshi Nagayoshi - Hosokawa Ujitsuna - 1550

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On 1552, Yoshiteru made a peace with Nagaharu to return to Kyoto. However, on the next year, Yoshiteru and Harumoto started a war against Nagayoshi to remove his influence. WIth the help of Rokkaku Yoshikata, the war initially went well for Yoshiteru but he was driven out of Kyoto again on 1558 with a counter attack from Nagayoshi. Nagayoshi did not press on the victory to kill Yoshiteru for fear of being accused of killing a shogun, and instead signed a truce to have Yoshiteru back in Kyoto under his influence. Nagayoshi became an advisor of Yoshiteru which essentially made Yoshiteru, nothing more than a rubber stamp.

Related Topics:
1552 - Rokkaku Yoshikata - 1558

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