Ashikaga Yoshihide(足利 義栄,Ashikaga Yoshihide?1538—October 28, 1568) was the 14th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who held nominal power for a few months in 1568 during the Muromachi period of Japan. When he became shogun, he changed his name to Yoshinaga, but he is more conventionally recognized today by the name Yoshihide.[1]
Shortly after having been proclaimed shogun, Yoshihide died from a contageous disease. In the same month, Oda Nobunaga marched his armies into Kyoto. He seized control of the capital.[3] Nobunaga installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the fifteenth shogun.[4]
Era of Yoshihide's bakufu
The years in which Yoshihide was shogun are encompassed within a single era name or nengō.[5]
All Ashikaga shoguns claim descent from Takauji, who is recognized as the founder of this dynasty. The broken lines indicate adoptions within the shogunal clan.