Ashikaga Yoshihisa
1465 – 1489 · 24 years · Kyoto · Asia
Reign: 1473 – 1489 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
Yoshimasa's son, whose birth in 1465 displaced his uncle Yoshimi as heir and led to the Ōnin War. Shogun from 1473, he tried to reassert control over the provinces and died in 1489 on campaign against the Rokkaku in Ōmi.
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Portrait: Kanō Masanobu · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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