Born 25/09/1358 — Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (668th anniversary)
On 2026-09-25, remember the birth of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (b. 25/09/1358), the founder of Kinkaku-ji.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the third shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was Ashikaga Yoshiakira's third son but the oldest son to survive, his childhood name being Haruō (春王). Yoshimitsu was appointed shōgun, a hereditary title as head of the military estate, in 1368 at the age of ten; at…
Recurring annual commemoration. Source: Wikipedia / Wikidata.
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