Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Ashikaga Yoshiaki 足利 義昭 | |
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| Shōgun | |
| In office 1568–1573 | |
| Monarch | Ōgimachi |
| Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshihide |
| Succeeded by | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
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| Born | 5 December 1537 Ashikaga shogunate |
| Died | 19 October 1597 (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.