Ashikaga Shigeuji

Who is Ashikaga Shigeuji?

Ashikaga Shigeuji was a Muromachi period warrior and the Kamakura-fu's fifth and last Kantō Kubō. 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. His rule was from its onset troubled by hostilities with the central government: he was finally deposed in 1455 by shogun 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.