Ashikaga Yoshikazu
1407 – 1425 · 18 years · Kyoto · Asia
Reign: 1423 – 1425 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
He became shogun in 1423 at 16, but real power stayed with his father Yoshimochi. He died in 1425, reputedly from drink, leaving no heir, and the shogunate went four years without a shogun.
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