Ashikaga Yoshizumi
1481 – 1511 · 30 years · Kyoto · Asia
Reign: 1494 – 1508 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
Installed in 1494 by Hosokawa Masamoto after Yoshitane's overthrow, he ruled only in Masamoto's name. Left without support when Masamoto was murdered in 1507, he fled Kyoto in 1508 and died in exile in Ōmi.
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