Ashikaga Yoshizumi

• Birth: 1478
• Death: 1510
• Distinction: 11th Ashikaga shôgun
• Sons: Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Ashikaga Yoshitsuna, and Ashikaga Yoshitada
• Japanese: 足利 義澄 (Ashikaga Yoshizumi)

Yoshizumi was the son of Ashikaga Masatomo and fled to Suruga after the death of his father in 1491. He was escorted back to Kyoto by Imagawa Ujichika in 1494 and was named the 11th Ashikaga shôgun by Hosokawa Masamoto, who was assassinated in 1507. When Oûchi Yoshioki marched on Kyoto, Yoshizumi abdicated (1508).

Preceded by: Ashikaga Yoshitane

Reign as Shogun 1493-1508

Succeeded by: Ashikaga Yoshitane

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005