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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

1358 - 1408

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (足利 義満, September 25, 1358 – May 31, 1408) was the third shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was Ashikaga Yoshiakira's third son but the oldest son to survive, his childhood name being Haruō (春王). Yoshimitsu was appointed shōgun, a hereditary title as head of the military estate, in 1368 at the age of ten; at twenty he was admitted to the imperial court as Acting Grand Counselor (Gon Dainagon 権大納言). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has received more than 275,349 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is the 4,132nd most popular politician (up from 4,946th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Japan (up from 294th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ranks 4,132 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Henry of Prussia, Qin Hui, Emperor Ninken, Emperor Lizong, Habibullah Khan, and Sumu-la-El. After him are Francesco Foscari, Einar Gerhardsen, Sebastiano Venier, Roger Ducos, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1358, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ranks 3. Before him are John I of Portugal, and John I of Castile. After him are Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Elisabeth of Nuremberg. Among people deceased in 1408, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ranks 5. Before him are Taejo of Joseon, John VII Palaiologos, Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, and Miran Shah. After him are William II of Berg, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, John Gower, and Muhammad VII of Granada.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ranks 239 out of 6,245. Before him are Yosano Akiko (1878), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), Kenji Tochio (1941), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Emperor Ninken (449). After him are Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masahiko Kimura (1917), Masamune (1300), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), and Ken Noritake (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ranks 93. Before him are Fujiko Fujio (1934), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684), and Emperor Ninken (449). After him are Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masamune (1300), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Ko Yong-hui (1952), and Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596).

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