Ashikaga Yoshihide
c. 1538 – 1568 · 30 years · Kyoto · Asia
Reign: 1568 – 1568 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
Yoshiteru's cousin, appointed shogun in 1568 at the Miyoshi clan's behest. He never reached the capital and died of illness months later, as Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto with his rival Yoshiaki.
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