Ashikaga Yoshiaki

Ashikaga Yoshiaki
足利 義昭
Shōgun
In office
1568–1573
MonarchŌgimachi
Preceded byAshikaga Yoshihide
Succeeded byTokugawa Ieyasu
Personal details
Born5 December 1537
Ashikaga shogunate
Died19 October 1597(1597-10-19) (aged 59)
Azuchi–Momoyama period
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Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭; 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597) was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown. His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was the twelfth shōgun, and his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was the thirteenth shōgun.