Ashikaga Yoshimitsu the third and possibly most influential of the Ashikaga Shogun
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu the third and possibly most influential and successful of the Ashikaga Shogun, architect of the Golden Pavilion, and whose villa location became the namesake of the Muromachi Period, was born on this day, September 25, 1358, exactly 100 days after the death of Ashikaga Takauji, the first Seii Taishogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, and this was seen as auspicious.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu’s father, the second Shogun, Yoshiakira, died of illness during a campaign while his son was still ten. Although Yoshimitsu was born Yoshiakira’s third son, he was the eldest surviving child, and so months later, having turned 11, Yoshimitsu was invested as shogun and served for nearly 30 years until 1394, when he handed the role to his own son, Yoshimochi. Despite retiring, he continued to wield considerable power from behind the scenes.
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