Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ashikaga Yoshikazu

5th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1407

Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1425

Profession: samurai

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ashikaga Yoshikazu (?? ??, August 27, 1407 – March 17, 1425) was the 5th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1423 to 1425 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
Yoshikazu was the son of the fourth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi.Yoshimochi ceded power to his son, and Yoshikazu became Sei-i Taishogun at age 18; but he would die within two years.
According to Oguri Hangan ichidaiki, Yoshikazu's death was hastened by a life of drunken dissipation.
His buddhist name was Chojo'in (???). Significant events shape the period during which Yoshikazu was shogun: 1423 – Yoshikazu appointed shogun. 1424 – Go-Kameyama dies. 1425 – Yoshikazu dies; Yoshimochi resumes the responsibilities of office. 1428 – Yoshimochi dies; Shoko dies; Go-Hanazono ascends throne in second repudiation of agreement.Yoshimochi was succeeded by his brother, the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori, in 1429.