Ashikaga Yoshitane
Ashikaga Yoshitane (足利 義稙, September 9, 1466 – May 23, 1523), also known as Ashikaga Yoshiki (足利 義材), was the 10th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 1521 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
Ashikaga Yoshitane 足利 義稙 | |
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| Shōgun | |
| In office 1508–1521 | |
| Monarch | Go-Kashiwabara |
| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshihisa |
| Succeeded by | Ashikaga Yoshiharu |
| In office 1490–1493 | |
| Monarch | Go-Tsuchimikado |
| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshihisa |
| Succeeded by | Ashikaga Yoshizumi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ashikaga Yoshiki (足利 義材) September 9, 1466 |
| Died | May 23, 1523 (aged 56) Ōmi Province, Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Seiun-in, daughter of Hosokawa Shigeyuki |
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Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and grandson of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori. In his early life, he was named Yoshiki (sometimes translated as Yoshimura), and then Yoshitada — including the period of when he is first installed as shōgun; however, he changed his name to Yoshitane in 1501 in a period when he was temporarily exiled, and it is by this name that he is generally known today.
The 9th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa died in 1489 on a battlefield of southern Ōmi Province. Yoshihisa left no heir; and Yoshitane became Sei-i Taishōgun a year later.