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Japan: Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (1358-1408), 3rd Ashikaga Shogun (1368-1394).

Japan: Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (1358-1408), 3rd Ashikaga Shogun (1368-1394).

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (September 25, 1358 – May 31, 1408) was the 3rd shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who ruled from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was the son of the second shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira. In the year after the death of his father Yoshiakira in 1367, Yoshimitsu became Seii Taishogun at age 11.

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