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*''Born: [[1430]]''
*''Died: [[1490]]''
*''Titles: Shogun ([[1443]]-[[1474]])''
*''Japanese'': [[足利]] 義政 ''(Ashikaga Yoshimasa)''
Ashikaga Yoshimasa was the 8th [[shogun]] of the [[Muromachi shogunate]], ruling from [[1443]]-[[1474]]. He is known both for his political prominence, and for his extensive engagement in cultural pursuits. The central figure in the phenomenon of [[Higashiyama culture]], he employed a number of notable [[tea ceremony|tea]] experts, court painters, and the like in his court; collected and displayed Chinese and Japanese [[karamono|ceramics]], paintings, and other art objects; and constructed the [[Ginkaku-ji]] in the Higashiyama area of [[Kyoto]].
Yoshimasa succeeded [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]] upon Yoshikatsu's death in [[1443]], but was not officially named shogun until [[1449]].
He married [[Hino Tomiko]] in [[1455]], the daughter of [[Hino Shigemasa]], a prominent warrior from [[Yamashiro province]]. More interested in cultural pursuits than rule, Yoshimasa began moving towards retirement as early as the 1460s, and allowing his brother [[Ashikaga Yoshimi]] to begin unofficially taking over some amount of administrative duties. He officially named Yoshimi his successor in [[1464]]. However, Tomiko gave birth to a male heir, [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]], the following year, leading to a succession dispute between supporters of Yoshimi and those of Yoshihisa. This dispute developed into the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], a ten-year conflict which left much of Kyoto in ruins and fractured the realm politically, leading Japan into the [[Sengoku period]], and marking the beginning of the end for the Muromachi shogunate.<ref>[[Paul Varley]], ''The Onin War''. Columbia University Press, 1967.</ref> Yoshimasa formally abdicated as shogun on Bunmei 5/12/19 (7 Jan [[1474]]), and was succeeded by his son Yoshihisa, even as the "rebellion" of Yoshimi and his supporters continued to rage.
In 1465, Yoshimasa visited the [[Shosoin|Shôsôin]] and requested & received from the Imperial Court a piece of the ''[[ranjatai]]'', an Imperial treasure piece of aromatic [[sandalwood]]. He and [[Oda Nobunaga]] are possibly the only two people outside of the Imperial family to have ever been granted this honor.
At some point, he adopted his nephew [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]], who then later became the 10th Ashikaga shogun.
Yoshimasa began construction on his retirement palace, the Higashiyama-den, in [[1482]]. The jewel of the palace compound, the so-called Silver Pavilion, was completed in [[1489]]; however, unlike the [[Kinkaku-ji|Golden Pavilion]] built nearly a century earlier by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], the Silver Pavilion was never covered in silver, remaining instead unadorned wood. Debate continues as to whether this was due to Yoshimasa's inability to afford to complete the project, as a result of the raging war, or whether Yoshimasa intended to leave the Pavilion in such a state all along, in accordance with his sense of restrained aesthetics. Following Yoshimasa's death in 1490, the palace was converted into a Buddhist temple in accordance with his wishes.
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|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]]
|width="35%"|'''[[Ashikaga Bakufu|Muromachi Shogun]]'''<br> 1443-1474
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]]'''
|}
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==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Died: [[1490]]''
*''Titles: Shogun ([[1443]]-[[1474]])''
*''Japanese'': [[足利]] 義政 ''(Ashikaga Yoshimasa)''
Ashikaga Yoshimasa was the 8th [[shogun]] of the [[Muromachi shogunate]], ruling from [[1443]]-[[1474]]. He is known both for his political prominence, and for his extensive engagement in cultural pursuits. The central figure in the phenomenon of [[Higashiyama culture]], he employed a number of notable [[tea ceremony|tea]] experts, court painters, and the like in his court; collected and displayed Chinese and Japanese [[karamono|ceramics]], paintings, and other art objects; and constructed the [[Ginkaku-ji]] in the Higashiyama area of [[Kyoto]].
Yoshimasa succeeded [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]] upon Yoshikatsu's death in [[1443]], but was not officially named shogun until [[1449]].
He married [[Hino Tomiko]] in [[1455]], the daughter of [[Hino Shigemasa]], a prominent warrior from [[Yamashiro province]]. More interested in cultural pursuits than rule, Yoshimasa began moving towards retirement as early as the 1460s, and allowing his brother [[Ashikaga Yoshimi]] to begin unofficially taking over some amount of administrative duties. He officially named Yoshimi his successor in [[1464]]. However, Tomiko gave birth to a male heir, [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]], the following year, leading to a succession dispute between supporters of Yoshimi and those of Yoshihisa. This dispute developed into the [[Onin War|Ônin War]], a ten-year conflict which left much of Kyoto in ruins and fractured the realm politically, leading Japan into the [[Sengoku period]], and marking the beginning of the end for the Muromachi shogunate.<ref>[[Paul Varley]], ''The Onin War''. Columbia University Press, 1967.</ref> Yoshimasa formally abdicated as shogun on Bunmei 5/12/19 (7 Jan [[1474]]), and was succeeded by his son Yoshihisa, even as the "rebellion" of Yoshimi and his supporters continued to rage.
In 1465, Yoshimasa visited the [[Shosoin|Shôsôin]] and requested & received from the Imperial Court a piece of the ''[[ranjatai]]'', an Imperial treasure piece of aromatic [[sandalwood]]. He and [[Oda Nobunaga]] are possibly the only two people outside of the Imperial family to have ever been granted this honor.
At some point, he adopted his nephew [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]], who then later became the 10th Ashikaga shogun.
Yoshimasa began construction on his retirement palace, the Higashiyama-den, in [[1482]]. The jewel of the palace compound, the so-called Silver Pavilion, was completed in [[1489]]; however, unlike the [[Kinkaku-ji|Golden Pavilion]] built nearly a century earlier by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], the Silver Pavilion was never covered in silver, remaining instead unadorned wood. Debate continues as to whether this was due to Yoshimasa's inability to afford to complete the project, as a result of the raging war, or whether Yoshimasa intended to leave the Pavilion in such a state all along, in accordance with his sense of restrained aesthetics. Following Yoshimasa's death in 1490, the palace was converted into a Buddhist temple in accordance with his wishes.
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]]
|width="35%"|'''[[Ashikaga Bakufu|Muromachi Shogun]]'''<br> 1443-1474
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
