Ashikaga Yoshimi

March 3, 1439 (age 51)

Yoshimi was the abbot of a Jōdo monastery when he was first approached in 1464 by Hosokawa Katsumoto, who wished to support a bid for Yoshimi to become shogun. He originally sought to stick to his religious life, and had no desires to become shogun. The birth of the Shogun"s son placed Yoshimi in an awkward situation, making his succession no longer definite, but he remained as Yoshimasa"s Deputy. Hosokawa did not attend, as he was preparing for the imminent war between himself and Yamana, who supported the succession of the shogun"s infant son Ashikaga Yoshihisa. Through a set of complicated events, Yoshimi became one of Yamana"s chief generals, and was declared a "rebel" by the Emperor, and stripped of his court rank. Yamana and Hosokawa both died soon afterwards, in 1473, and the Ōnin War came to an end in 1477, along with Yoshimi"s political aspirations.

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Yoshimi was the abbot of a Jōdo monastery when he was first approached in 1464 by Hosokawa Katsumoto, who wished to support a bid for Yoshimi to become shogun. He originally sought to stick to his religious life, and had no desires to become shogun. The birth of the Shogun"s son placed Yoshimi in an awkward situation, making his succession no longer definite, but he remained as Yoshimasa"s Deputy.

Hosokawa did not attend, as he was preparing for the imminent war between himself and Yamana, who supported the succession of the shogun"s infant son Ashikaga Yoshihisa.

Through a set of complicated events, Yoshimi became one of Yamana"s chief generals, and was declared a "rebel" by the Emperor, and stripped of his court rank. Yamana and Hosokawa both died soon afterwards, in 1473, and the Ōnin War came to an end in 1477, along with Yoshimi"s political aspirations.

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