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| Ashikaga Yoshimochi was the fourth shogun of the [[Ashikaga Bakufu]], serving as shogun from [[1394]] to [[1423]], and again in [[1425]] to [[1428]]. | | Ashikaga Yoshimochi was the fourth shogun of the [[Ashikaga Bakufu]], serving as shogun from [[1394]] to [[1423]], and again in [[1425]] to [[1428]]. |
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− | Following his father's death in [[1408]], Yoshimochi severed the formal relations with [[Ming Dynasty]] China that his father had established only years before. The [[Yongle Emperor]] sent missions in [[1417]] and [[1419]] requesting the restoration of relations, but was rebuffed both times.
| + | He was the son of [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], who retired in [[1394]], allowing Yoshimochi to succeed him as shogun. Yoshimitsu attempted at that time, however, to have another of Yoshimochi's brothers named [[Emperor]], and himself (Yoshimitsu) named ''daijô tennô'', or Retired Emperor. Yoshimochi put the kibosh on all of these honors,<ref>Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 270.</ref> however, and following his father's death in [[1408]], severed the formal relations with [[Ming Dynasty]] China that Yoshimitsu had established only years before. The [[Yongle Emperor]] sent missions in [[1417]] and [[1419]] requesting the restoration of relations, but was rebuffed both times. |
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| Following the death of Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]] in 1425, Yoshimochi returned to the position, until his own death three years later. | | Following the death of Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]] in 1425, Yoshimochi returned to the position, until his own death three years later. |
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| + | |width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]]''' |
| + | |width="25%"|'''[[Ashikaga Shogunate|Ashikaga Shogun]]<br>[[1394]]-[[1423]]''' |
| + | |width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ashikaga Yoshikazu]]''' |
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| + | |width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''Ashikaga Yoshikazu''' |
| + | |width="25%"|'''Ashikaga Shogun<br>[[1425]]-[[1428]]''' |
| + | |width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ashikaga Yoshinori]]''' |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Tanaka Takeo, "Japan's Relations with Overseas Countries," in John Whitney Hall and Toyoda Takeshi (eds.) ''Japan in the Muromachi Age'', Cornell University East Asia Program (2001), 159-178. | | *Tanaka Takeo, "Japan's Relations with Overseas Countries," in John Whitney Hall and Toyoda Takeshi (eds.) ''Japan in the Muromachi Age'', Cornell University East Asia Program (2001), 159-178. |
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| [[Category:Samurai]] | | [[Category:Samurai]] |
| [[Category:Muromachi Period]] | | [[Category:Muromachi Period]] |