Ashikaga Yoshiharu

Ashikaga Yoshiharu
足利義晴
Ashikaga Yoshiharu; 足利義晴
Shōgun
	In office; 1521–1545
Monarchs	Go-Kashiwabara; Go-Nara;
Preceded by	Ashikaga Yoshitane
Succeeded by	Ashikaga Yoshiteru
Personal details
Born	April 2, 1511
Died	May 20, 1550 (aged 39)
Spouse(s)	Keiju-in, daughter of Konoe Hisamichi
Children	Ashikaga Yoshiteru; Ashikaga Yoshiaki; Ashikaga Shūkō; Shiratori Yoshihisa; Rigen; Three daughters;
Parents	Ashikaga Yoshizumi (father); Hino Akiko (mother);
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Ashikaga Yoshiharu (足利義晴, April 2, 1511 – May 20, 1550) was the twelfth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of the eleventh shōgun Ashikaga Yoshizumi.

From a western perspective, Yoshiharu is significant, as he was shogun when the first contact of Japan with the European West took place in 1543. A Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, landed in Japan. In 1526, Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.

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