Ashikaga Yoshiharu

Ashikaga Yoshiharu (足 利 义 晴jap, * April 2, 1511, † May 20, 1550 ) was the 12th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. He reigned from 1521 to 1546 during the late Muromachi period in Japan, and was the son of the 11th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshizumi.

Once the 10th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshitane, and Hosokawa Takakuni 1521 fought for power in the shogunate, Yoshitane fled to the island of Awaji and Yoshiharu was installed as a puppet shogun. Without any political power and repeatedly forced to leave the capital, Kyoto, located Yoshiharu eventually moved back in 1546 because of a political dispute between Miyoshi Nagayoshi and Hosokawa Harumoto and made ​​his son Ashikaga Yoshiteru the 13th Shogun.

His son, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was supported by Oda Nobunaga the 15th Shogun.

Yoshiharu at the time was the Shogun, as in 1542, the first contact between Japan and Europe came about through an off course abgekommenes to China Portuguese ship.

Awaji, Hyōgo Ashikaga clan Ashikaga Takauji Ashikaga Yoshiakira Ashikaga Yoshimitsu Ashikaga Yoshimochi Ashikaga Yoshikazu Ashikaga Yoshinori Ashikaga Yoshikatsu Ashikaga Yoshimasa Ashikaga Yoshihisa Ashikaga Yoshihide
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