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*''Born: [[1385]]''
*''Died: [[1428]]''
*''Shogun: [[1394]]-[[1423]], [[1425]]-[[1428]]''
*''Japanese'': [[足利]]義持 ''(Ashikaga Yoshimochi)''
Ashikaga Yoshimochi was the fourth shogun of the [[Ashikaga Bakufu]], serving as shogun from [[1394]] to [[1423]], and again in [[1425]] to [[1428]].
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.
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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==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.
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