Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Ashikaga Yoshimasa was born on January 20, 1436. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Ashikaga Yoshimasa (足利 義政; January 20, 1436 – January 27, 1490) was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the eighth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1443 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. His actions led to the Ōnin War (1467–1477), which triggered the Sengoku period. His reign saw a cultural flourishing in the arts, the development of tea ceremony, Zen Buddhism and wabi-sabi aesthetics.