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  Ashikaga Yoshitane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and grandson of the 6th shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori.
After the 9th shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa died in 1489 of disease leaving no heir while on a campaign against Rokkaku Takayori (Rokkaku Tobatsu), the daimyo of southern Omi province, Yoshitane became Seii Taishogun a year later.
In 1493, Yoshitane rose against Hosokawa Masamoto and was replaced by the 11th shogun Ashikaga Yoshizumi.
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 Ashikaga Yoshimasa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
足利 義政) (January 20, 1435 – January 27, 1490) was the 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
Yoshimasa was the son of the 6th shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori.
Higashiyama culture was greatly influenced by Zen Buddhism and saw the rise of Japanese aesthetics like Wabi-sabi and the harmonization of imperial court (Kuge) and samurai (Bushi) culture.
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 Muromachi Period
Ashikaga Motouji, the Kanto Kanrei, dies and is succeded by Ashikaga Ujimitsu.
Ashikaga Yoshiakira dies and is succeeded as shôgun by Yoshimitsu; Hosokawa Yoriyuki becomes regent to the young shogun.
Ashikaga Shogun, Yoshinori, is assassinated by Akamatsu Mitsusuke.
www.samurai-archives.com /time1.html   (756 words)

  
 Japanese 92 Uma Group - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
One of the bushi who fought for the emperor, Ashikaga Takauji, rebelled against the dynasty, and seized control of the nation.
Komyo, the emperor installed by Ashikaga in Kyoto, became ruler of the Northern Dynasty.
Both Yoshimasa's son Ashikaga Yoshihisa and brother Ashikaga Yoshimi claimed to be the next shogun, and this led to war.
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 onin war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Souzen escalated into a nationwide war involving the Ashikaga shogunate and various daimyo.
The Onin War really began when the Shogun at the time, Ashikaga Yoshimasa proclaimed his brother, Yoshimi, to be his heir as shogun.
Ashikaga Yoshimasa was only slightly in-tune with reality; and he obviously didn't have a care what was going on in his country.
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 Ashikaga Yoshihisa - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Ashikaga Yoshihisa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
足利 義尚) (December 11, 1465–April 26, 1489) was the 9th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1473 to 1489 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
Yoshihisa was the son of the 8th shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
However, Yoshihisa was born in the next year starting a struggle for succession between brothers that erupted into the Onin War starting in 1467, beginning the Sengoku period of Japanese history.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Ashikaga-Yoshihisa.html   (245 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭 Ashikaga Yoshiaki, December 5, 1537–October 9, 1597) was the 15th, and last, shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (足利 義満) (September 25, 1358–May 31, 1408) was the 3rd shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and gr..
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 "In ancient times skilful warriors first made themselves invincible, and then watched for vulnerability in their ...
The Ashikaga period was one of great refinement of manners, of great art and literary works and, incidentally, marked the rise of Buddhism as a political force.
The Ashikaga shoguns were never able to control these daimyo, and this failure was to lead to a century of terrible violence.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki was the heir to the shogunate, and a valuable symbol for that very reason.
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On the outskirts of the city grass had grown over the ruins and all that could be seen was the bleached bones of the victims." June 8, 1358 Takauji dies in Kyôto at the age of fifty-four from a malignant tumor.
Although Yoshimi didn't want the job and didn't want to leave the religious life, he is persuaded to join Yoshimasa and assist him until he suceeds the the Shôgunate.
Ashikaga Yoshizumi, a nephew of Yoshimasa, becomes the eleventh Shôgun although he is 14 years old and a Hosokawa puppet.
www.wilton.k12.ct.us /whs/fac/g/gilberts2/cc/muromachi.htm   (3013 words)

  
 Onin War -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Onin War (応仁の乱; Ōnin no ran) was a civil war from 1467 to 1477 during the (additional info and facts about Muromachi period) Muromachi period in (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
This period was a long, drawn-out struggle for domination by individual daimyo, resulting in a mass power-struggle between the various houses to dominate the whole of Japan.
The Onin War began when Shogun (additional info and facts about Ashikaga Yoshimasa) Ashikaga Yoshimasa proclaimed his brother, Yoshimi, heir to the shogunate.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/on/onin_war.htm   (952 words)

  
 Under a Single Sword
Ashikaga Yoshimasa realized that if fighting broke out, the entire country would plunge into war because the shogun, occupied with a war in his own capital, would be seen as powerless to control regional conflicts.
In the midst of the fighting, Ashikaga Yoshimi, who was supported by the Hosokawa family, switched his allegiance to the Yamana, who supported his nephew, Ashikaga Yoshihisa.
When the shogun declared his son to be a rebel, the Onin War shifted to a major conflict between the shogun (supported by the Hosokawa) and his brother (supported by the Yamana).
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 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Ashikaga Shōgunate was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1338.
In part because the founder of the Ashikaga shōgunate, Ashikaga Takauji, did so by siding with the Emperor against the previous Kamakura Shōgunate, the Ashikaga shared more of the governmental authority with the Imperial government than the Kamakura had.
The Ashikaga shōgunate was destroyed in 1573 when Oda Nobunaga drove the 15th and last Ashikaga shōgun Yoshiaki out of Kyōto.
www.openhistory.org /jhdp/download/dev-current/encyclopedia/ejh.html   (5588 words)

  
 Ashikaga Yoshitane - TheBestLinks.com - Island, Japan, Japanese language, Shogun, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Ashikaga Yoshitane, Island, Japan, Japanese language, Shogun, 1521, 1523, 1493...
足利 義稙) (1466–1523) was the 10th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 1521 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
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 Warring States Japan
In fact, a large part of the civil wars fought during the Ashikaga shogunate involved neighboring warlords choosing up sides whenever a succession to a warlordship was in dispute.
The shogun declared Yoshimi to be a rebel and the Onin War then became a clash between the shogun (supported by Hosokawa) and the shogun's brother (supported by Yamana).
When Yoshimi's son Yoshitane was made shogun in 1490, the Hosokawa Kanrei soon put him to flight in 1493 and declared another Ashikaga, Yoshizumi, to be shogun.
www.wsu.edu:8000 /~dee/TOKJAPAN/WARRING.HTM   (1027 words)

  
 Onin War --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
The war originated in rivalry between Hosokawa Katsumoto, prime minister (1452–64) for the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and Yamana Mochitoyo, whose family were powerful landowners in the western Honshu region.
Yoshimi was allied with Hosokawa, and Yoshimasa's wife turned to Yamana to help her son gain his rightful position.
During the rule of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa a general civil war broke out in the area around Kyoto, caused by economic distress and precipitated by a dispute over the shogunal succession.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9057139   (1044 words)

  
 Gaming World // Articles - Culture of Japan — The Feudal Era   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Ashikaga Clan drove Go-Daigo from the capitol of Kyoto and for over fifty-years fought him and his descendants, but in 1392, the Ashikaga Shogunate convinced Go-Daigo to give them the Crown Jewels and other imperial treasures, thus making the Ashikaga Clan the rulers of Japan.
It was Ashikaga Yoshimasa who eventually brought about the downfall of his clan after thirty years of their reign.
Ashikaga’s expensive pastimes were being taken out on the peasants, and they were forced to pay for his arts and parties.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - Steel and Silk - A Nippon AAR
Ashikaga Mochiuji, Military Commander of Kanto, is attacking Uesugi Norizane, the Kanrei of Kanto.
Ashikaga Mochiuji was the adopted son of Shogun Yoshimochi and he had hopes of becoming Shogun instead of Yoshinori.
In a most remarkable turn of events, Yoshimi, brother of Yoshimasa, was forced to flee to the Yamana and seek their support.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72623   (7625 words)

  
 A Chronology of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ashikaga Takauji assumes title of Go-Dainagon (Acting Grand Counsellor) and begins as ruler of the country.
Yamana complains to Yoshimasa that Hosokawa is interfering in a succession dispute in the Hatakeyama family and asks permission to punish him.
Ashikaga Yoshiteru, along with his wife and mother, is assassinated by Matsunaga, an agent of the Miyoshi house (vassals of the Hosokawa).
www.lac.uic.edu /~dturk/japanhistory/muromachihistory.html   (2965 words)

  
 Japanese 92 Uma Group - People
Ashikaga Yoshimasa was born Jan 20, 1436 in Kyoto.
Yoshimasa had originally planned to name his own brother Yoshimi as his heir, and the dilemma that ensued in deciding the line of succession led to Yoshimi turning to Hosokawa Katsumoto for help and his wife allying herself with Yamana Mochitoyo.
Noami, the first of the San Ami, was a landmark in Muromachi history because he shifted shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu away from the artistic culture of Zen monks heavily influenced by Chinese techniques.
narsil.ucsd.edu /amberk/japan/people.html   (1373 words)

  
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Howev e r, in 1464 the shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, resigned the shogunate because it interfered with the pleasures he wanted to pursue.
It looked increasingly like war would break out right in t he shogun's capital, and the Yoshimasa realized that if such a war broke out, the entire country would plunge into war because the shogun, occupied with a war in his own capital, would be seen as powerless to control regional conflicts.
The shogun declared Yoshimi to be a rebel and the Onin War then became a clash between the shogun (supported by Hosok awa) and the shogun's brother (supported by Yamana).
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 China History Forum, online chinese history forum > Chronology of the Shoguns
Much of the Kamakura Bakufu was inherited by the Ashikaga Bakufu, stabling their own Samurai-dokoro (which controlled the capital and handled judicial affairs), Mandokoro (the Bakufu financial agency which became the virtual inheritance of the Ise family) and Monchujo.
In the 1330s Ashikaga Takauji appointed Shugo to administer the provinces, and their numbers were reduced by Yoshimitsu.
-Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi, grandson of Yoshinori (6), and cousin of Yoshihisa (9).
www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t2044.html   (4711 words)

  
 Japanese Architecture: Ginkakuji temple, Kyoto
Located in the foothills on the east side of Kyoto, the temple is famous for its two-story Kannon Hall, the Silver Pavilion, which takes its name from the anecdote that Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the temple's patron, intended to cover the pavilion with silver leaf in imitation of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) built by his grandfather.
The temple owes its existence to Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435-1490), the 8th Shogun of the Ashikaga line.
The central concept seen in all three designs is the juxtaposition of a dry Zen garden of raked sand and minimal form with the verdant miniature landscapes of a Chinese-style paradise garden.
www.orientalarchitecture.com /kyoto/GINKAKUJI.htm   (596 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Japan
Ashikaga, which was told by regulators to improve its finances after reporting a loss last year, said after the market closed that it will delay its profit statement because of an audit by the nation's Financial Services Agency.
Yoshimi Watanabe, a ruling party lawmaker, earlier this week said Ashikaga may need public funds because it is too reliant on the same tax credits that led to a bailout of Resona Holdings Inc.
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial, whose unit Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi is the biggest shareholder of Ashikaga, gained 15,000 yen, or 2.1 percent, to 746,000.
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 phatmass phorum > : Bushido_boy Thread :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Following the foundation of the Muromachi bakufu (military government) in Kyoto in 1338, the Ashikaga family became hereditary shoguns, controlling the reigning emperors.
Ashikaga power was weakened from the outset by the need to combat a rival branch of the imperial family that claimed the succession and threatened the survival of the shogunate, and by the growth of powerful provincial warlords, the daimyo.
In 1441 the unpopular sixth Ashikaga shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori (shogun 1429-1441) was assassinated, only to be succeeded by two child shoguns.
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 KABUKI GLOSSARY (O~R)
The Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who did not really like to exercice power and had nobody to succeed him, adopted in 1464 his brother Ashikaga Yoshimi, who lived in a Buddhist hermitage, far from the Shogunate administration.
He decided not to honour the promises he made to Yoshimi, for the benefit of his son.
Yoshimi also retired definitively in the Enryakuji Temple.
www.kabuki21.com /glossaire_6.php   (1138 words)

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