Ashikaga Shigeuji (足利成氏) (c. 1438 – 1497)[1] was a Muromachi period warrior and the Kamakura-fu's fifth and last Kantō kubō (Shōgun Deputy).[a] Fourth son of fourth Kubō Ashikaga Mochiuji, he succeeded his father only in 1449, a full decade after his death by seppuku. His childhood name was Eijuō-maru (永寿王丸).[b] His rule was from its onset troubled by hostilities with the central government: he was finally deposed in 1455 by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, after which he escaped to Koga in Shimōsa Province, where he became known as Koga kubō. There, he ruled until his death in 1497.
^According to the Kokushi Daijiten (see references) Shigeuji's date of birth used to be reckoned (on the basis of the Yūki Kassen-ki (結城合戦記) to be 1434 (date used for example by Papinot, see references) but is believed today to be 1438.
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AshikagaShigeuji (足利成氏) (c. 1438 – 1497) was a Muromachi period warrior and the Kamakura-fu's fifth and last Kantō kubō (Shōgun Deputy). Fourth son of...
lasted from 1454 to 1482. The war began when AshikagaShigeuji of Kantō kubō (関東公方), the office of the Ashikaga shogunate in charge of the Kanto region, killed...
large amount of power in the Kantō region. In 1449, Kantō Kanrei AshikagaShigeuji killed his Uesugi deputy in order to check the family's power. However...
tradition for all of the Ashikaga that followed. They, after Kyoto's fashion, gave themselves the title kubō. In 1455 kubō AshikagaShigeuji, after clashing with...
relocation to Izu was to challenge the authority of a shogunal enemy, AshikagaShigeuji. As Horigoe Kubo, he notified Yoshimasa of the "rebellion" of Uesugi...
incessant conflict between the Kantō kubō under AshikagaShigeuji based in Kamakura and the Ashikaga shogunate, represented by the Kantō Kanrei under...
fourth child Shigeuji, would later become the last Kantō kubō. Kantō kubō Kamakura – The Muromachi and Edo periods Uesugi Zenshū Yūki War Ashikaga Yoshinori...
captured Edo Castle. The castle later belonged to the Koga family's AshikagaShigeuji, and then the Hojo again. The Hojo's representative at Edo was Toyama...
income and of wealth. Koga kubō (古河公方) – title arbitrarily assumed by AshikagaShigeuji after his escape from Kamakura to the city of Koga, Ibaraki. kubō...
Kyōtoku Incident (1454-1482), the Toshima clan at first supported AshikagaShigeuji, but later switched sides to support Uesugi Fusaaki and Uesugi Akisada...
and Eijuō-maru changed his name to AshikagaShigeuji. However, Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, not trusting Shigeuji, nominated his ally Uesugi Noritada as...
incessant conflict between the Kantō kubō under AshikagaShigeuji based in Kamakura and the Ashikaga shogunate, represented by the Kantō Kanrei under...
bloodline, were in order Motouji himself, Ujimitsu, Mitsukane, Mochiuji and Shigeuji. The last kubō had to escape to Koga, in today's Ibaraki prefecture, and...
still exists at the present Koga Castle site. In 1455, the Kantō kubō AshikagaShigeuji relocated his seat from Kamakura to Koga. His descendants ruled to...
and reassigned to Takayanagi Domain in Echigo Province. His son, Niwa Shigeuji, served in the guard of Osaka Castle in 1739, and his holdings in Echigo...
take the castle without a fight as its defenses were betrayed by Bessho Shigeuji, who replaced his sickly elder brother as lord of the castle. However,...
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