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'''Ashikaga Yoshiaki''' (足利 義昭, 1537 – 1597), also known by his [[Shinbakufu]] alias '''The Tatsu''' or, alternatively, '''The Horseman''',<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref> was the 15th and final ''[[shōgun]]'' of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], ruling [[Japan]] from 1568 to 1573.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Ashikaga Yoshiaki}}</ref>
'''Ashikaga Yoshiaki''' (足利 義昭, 1537 – 1597), also known by his [[Shinbakufu]] alias '''The Tatsu''' ([[wikt:龍#Japanese|龍]], lit. "The [[Dragon]]")<ref name="ToppleTheTraitor">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Topple the Traitor]]</ref> or, alternatively, '''The Horseman''',<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref> was the 15th and final ''[[shōgun]]'' of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], ruling [[Japan]] from 1568 to 1573.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Ashikaga Yoshiaki}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early reign===
===Early reign===
In 1565, Yoshiaki's older brother and reigning ''shōgun'' {{Wiki|Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Yoshiteru}} was [[Assassination|assassinated]] and replaced<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref> with their cousin {{Wiki|Ashikaga Yoshihide|Yoshihide}}, who was the {{Wiki|Miyoshi clan}}'s puppet.<ref>{{WP|Ashikaga Yoshiteru}}</ref> This prompted Yoshiaki to travel around the provinces seeking a benefactor to back his own claim to the title. In 1568, Yoshiaki visited the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Oda Nobunaga]], who had just established himself at [[Gifu Castle]], and presented his case. Surprisingly,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05"/> Nobunaga agreed to support him and the two marched on [[Kyoto]], but Yoshiaki was unaware that Nobunaga was only using the shogunate's usurpation as a pretext for military action.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref>
In 1565, Yoshiaki's older brother and reigning ''shōgun'' {{Wiki|Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Yoshiteru}} was [[Assassination|assassinated]] and replaced<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Oda Nobunaga</ref> with their cousin {{Wiki|Ashikaga Yoshihide|Yoshihide}}, who was the {{Wiki|Miyoshi clan}}'s puppet.<ref>{{WP|Ashikaga Yoshiteru}}</ref> This prompted Yoshiaki to travel around the provinces seeking a benefactor to back his own claim to the title. In 1568, Yoshiaki visited the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Oda Nobunaga]], who had just established himself at [[Gifu Castle]], and presented his case. Surprisingly,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05"/> Nobunaga agreed to support him and the two marched on [[Kyoto]], but Yoshiaki was unaware that Nobunaga was only using the shogunate's usurpation as a pretext for military action.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref> That November, Nobunaga entered Kyoto with his army and installed Yoshiaki as ''shōgun''; Yoshiaki offered him the position of deputy ''shōgun'', but Nobunaga declined.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" />
 
That November, Nobunaga entered Kyoto with his army and installed Yoshiaki as ''shōgun''; Yoshiaki offered him the position of deputy ''shōgun'', but Nobunaga declined.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05"/>


===Deposition===
===Deposition===
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Following his deposition, Yoshiaki, resentful of Nobunaga, sought to depose him and also to claim the three [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|Imperial Regalia]], which were said to grant the divine right to rule over Japan. To this end, Yoshiaki formed a secret organization known as the [[Shinbakufu]], which he led under the alias of "The Tatsu".<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />
Following his deposition, Yoshiaki, resentful of Nobunaga, sought to depose him and also to claim the three [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|Imperial Regalia]], which were said to grant the divine right to rule over Japan. To this end, Yoshiaki formed a secret organization known as the [[Shinbakufu]], which he led under the alias of "The Tatsu".<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />


Taking advantage of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]'s recent expansion to Japan, Yoshiaki and his fellow Shinbakufu members succeeded in recovering two of the regalia safeguarded by the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']], decimating the Brotherhood in the process,<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> and gave them to the  [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese Templars]], who had their own need of the artifacts. In exchange, the Templars would fund the Shinbakufu's operations and help Yoshiaki regain his title and power.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />
Taking advantage of the [[Templars]]' recent expansion to Japan, Yoshiaki and his fellow Shinbakufu members succeeded in recovering two of the regalia safeguarded by the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']], decimating the Brotherhood in the process,<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> and gave them to the  [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese Templars]], who had their own need of the artifacts. In exchange, the Templars would fund the Shinbakufu's operations and help Yoshiaki regain his title and power.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />


On 30 September 1581, after discovering the third and final regalia's whereabouts in [[Iga]], a masked Yoshiaki, accompanied by the rest of the Shinbakufu, used Nobunaga's [[Tenshō Iga War|invasion]] of the region as cover to infiltrate Iga and steal the artifact. Despite opposition from [[Fujibayashi Nagato]] and his daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe|Naoe]], who killed one the group's members—[[Ido Yoshihiro]]—the Shinbakufu succeeded in seizing the regalia's box after ambushing Nagato and Naoe outside [[Katano Castle]]. As a masked [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] was about to execute the mortally wounded Nagato, [[Wada Koretake]] intervened and asked that their enemies be left to die in pain. Yoshiaki, having achieved his primary objective, granted Koretake's request and departed with the other Shinbakufu, leaving Nagato and Naoe to succumb to their injuries.<ref name="The Onryo Samurai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Onryo Samurai]]</ref>
On 30 September 1581, after discovering the third and final regalia's whereabouts in [[Iga]], a masked Yoshiaki, accompanied by the rest of the Shinbakufu, used Nobunaga's [[Tenshō Iga War|invasion]] of the region as cover to infiltrate Iga and steal the artifact. Despite opposition from [[Fujibayashi Nagato]] and his daughter [[Fujibayashi Naoe|Naoe]], who killed one the group's members—[[Ido Yoshihiro]]—the Shinbakufu succeeded in seizing the regalia's box after ambushing Nagato and Naoe outside [[Katano Castle]]. As a masked [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] was about to execute the mortally wounded Nagato, [[Wada Koretake]] intervened and asked that their enemies be left to die in pain. Yoshiaki, having achieved his primary objective, granted Koretake's request and departed with the other Shinbakufu, leaving Nagato and Naoe to succumb to their injuries.<ref name="The Onryo Samurai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Onryo Samurai]]</ref>
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By 1582, Yoshiaki had made his way to [[Yamashiro]], where he took a liking to spectating sumo matches held at the [[Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine]]. In late June of that year, he met Naoe—who had survived the events in Iga—and [[Yasuke]], and though neither of them recognized him until after he had left, he imposed some philosophical life lessons onto them.<ref name="The Rising Tide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Rising Tide]]</ref>
By 1582, Yoshiaki had made his way to [[Yamashiro]], where he took a liking to spectating sumo matches held at the [[Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine]]. In late June of that year, he met Naoe—who had survived the events in Iga—and [[Yasuke]], and though neither of them recognized him until after he had left, he imposed some philosophical life lessons onto them.<ref name="The Rising Tide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Rising Tide]]</ref>


After founding their own incarnation of the Kakushiba ''ikki'',<ref name="Lightning and Thunder">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Lightning and Thunder]]</ref> Naoe and Yasuke, seeking revenge against the Shinbakufu for their own personal reasons, hunted the group's members one by one until only Yoshiaki and Akechi Mitsuhide remained. Following the latter's defeat at the [[Battle of Yamazaki]], he informed Naoe and Yasuke of Yoshiaki's identity as the Shinbakufu's leader in his final moments,<ref name="Topple the Traitor">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Topple the Traitor]]</ref> leading the pair to confront the former ''shogun'' at Kuramadera Temple.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />
After founding their own incarnation of the Kakushiba ''ikki'',<ref name="Lightning and Thunder">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Lightning and Thunder]]</ref> Naoe and Yasuke, seeking revenge against the Shinbakufu for their own personal reasons, hunted the group's members until only Yoshiaki and Mitsuhide remained. Following the latter's defeat at the [[Battle of Yamazaki]], he informed the pair of Yoshiaki's identity as the Shinbakufu's leader in his final moments,<ref name="ToppleTheTraitor"/> leading the pair to confront the former ''shōgun'' at Kuramadera Temple.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />


Humbly sitting on the ground with nothing but his mask and the box containing the regalia stolen from Iga before him, Yoshiaki offered information in exchange for his life. Suspecting that Naoe was seeking her mother, [[Tsuyu]], he instructed her to travel to Sakafune-ishi in [[Yamato]]. Naoe accepted his offer and reclaimed the box. However, Yasuke declared that he must answer for Nobunaga's [[Honnō-ji incident|death]] and his betrayal of Emperor [[Michihito|Ōgimachi]]. Yoshiaki defended his actions and condemned Nobunaga's. He then correctly deduced that Yasuke sought information on the Templars and advised him to head to Takahara Village to investigate their activities. With their business concluded, Naoe declared that Yoshiaki no longer posed a threat without the Shinbakufu, and Yasuke added that Nobunaga's name would live on forever while Yoshiaki's would be forgotten, before the two left him alone.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />
Humbly sitting on the ground with his mask and the box containing the regalia stolen from Iga before him, Yoshiaki offered information in exchange for his life. Suspecting that Naoe sought her mother [[Tsuyu]], he instructed her to travel to Sakafune-ishi in [[Yamato]]. Naoe accepted his offer and reclaimed the box. However, Yasuke declared that he must answer for Nobunaga's [[Honnō-ji incident|death]] and his betrayal of Emperor [[Michihito|Ōgimachi]]. Yoshiaki defended his actions and condemned Nobunaga's, then correctly deduced that Yasuke sought information on the Templars and advised him to head to Takahara Village to investigate their activities. With their business concluded, Naoe declared that Yoshiaki no longer posed a threat without the Shinbakufu, and Yasuke added that Nobunaga's name would live on while Yoshiaki's would be forgotten, before the two left him alone.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask" />


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}



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Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 1537 – 1597), also known by his Shinbakufu alias The Tatsu (, lit. "The Dragon")[1] or, alternatively, The Horseman,[2] was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling Japan from 1568 to 1573.[3]

Biography

Early reign

In 1565, Yoshiaki's older brother and reigning shōgun Yoshiteru was assassinated and replaced[4] with their cousin Yoshihide, who was the Miyoshi clan's puppet.[5] This prompted Yoshiaki to travel around the provinces seeking a benefactor to back his own claim to the title. In 1568, Yoshiaki visited the daimyō Oda Nobunaga, who had just established himself at Gifu Castle, and presented his case. Surprisingly,[4] Nobunaga agreed to support him and the two marched on Kyoto, but Yoshiaki was unaware that Nobunaga was only using the shogunate's usurpation as a pretext for military action.[6] That November, Nobunaga entered Kyoto with his army and installed Yoshiaki as shōgun; Yoshiaki offered him the position of deputy shōgun, but Nobunaga declined.[4]

Deposition

Though he attempted to rule, Yoshiaki noticed that his power relied on Nobunaga's aid. By 1572, there was tension between the two, with Nobunaga issuing several admonishments that caused Yoshiaki to take offense. Yoshiaki began plotting against him, trying to convince other daimyō[4] like Takeda Shingen[3] to turn against Nobunaga and "rescue" Yoshiaki in Kyoto.[4]

In 1573, Yoshiaki rebelled, leading to Nobunaga's forces marching on Kyoto and expelling him. He escaped with his life and took up residence with the Mōri clan in Western Japan, from where he continued attempting to undermine Nobunaga,[4] even raising troops against him for the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War,[3] but he never managed to overthrow his enemy nor to reinstall himself as shōgun.[4]

Life in exile

Leading the Shinbakufu

Following his deposition, Yoshiaki, resentful of Nobunaga, sought to depose him and also to claim the three Imperial Regalia, which were said to grant the divine right to rule over Japan. To this end, Yoshiaki formed a secret organization known as the Shinbakufu, which he led under the alias of "The Tatsu".[2]

Taking advantage of the Templars' recent expansion to Japan, Yoshiaki and his fellow Shinbakufu members succeeded in recovering two of the regalia safeguarded by the Kakushiba ikki, decimating the Brotherhood in the process,[7] and gave them to the Portuguese Templars, who had their own need of the artifacts. In exchange, the Templars would fund the Shinbakufu's operations and help Yoshiaki regain his title and power.[2]

On 30 September 1581, after discovering the third and final regalia's whereabouts in Iga, a masked Yoshiaki, accompanied by the rest of the Shinbakufu, used Nobunaga's invasion of the region as cover to infiltrate Iga and steal the artifact. Despite opposition from Fujibayashi Nagato and his daughter Naoe, who killed one the group's members—Ido Yoshihiro—the Shinbakufu succeeded in seizing the regalia's box after ambushing Nagato and Naoe outside Katano Castle. As a masked Akechi Mitsuhide was about to execute the mortally wounded Nagato, Wada Koretake intervened and asked that their enemies be left to die in pain. Yoshiaki, having achieved his primary objective, granted Koretake's request and departed with the other Shinbakufu, leaving Nagato and Naoe to succumb to their injuries.[8]

Encounters with Naoe and Yasuke

By 1582, Yoshiaki had made his way to Yamashiro, where he took a liking to spectating sumo matches held at the Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine. In late June of that year, he met Naoe—who had survived the events in Iga—and Yasuke, and though neither of them recognized him until after he had left, he imposed some philosophical life lessons onto them.[9]

After founding their own incarnation of the Kakushiba ikki,[10] Naoe and Yasuke, seeking revenge against the Shinbakufu for their own personal reasons, hunted the group's members until only Yoshiaki and Mitsuhide remained. Following the latter's defeat at the Battle of Yamazaki, he informed the pair of Yoshiaki's identity as the Shinbakufu's leader in his final moments,[1] leading the pair to confront the former shōgun at Kuramadera Temple.[2]

Humbly sitting on the ground with his mask and the box containing the regalia stolen from Iga before him, Yoshiaki offered information in exchange for his life. Suspecting that Naoe sought her mother Tsuyu, he instructed her to travel to Sakafune-ishi in Yamato. Naoe accepted his offer and reclaimed the box. However, Yasuke declared that he must answer for Nobunaga's death and his betrayal of Emperor Ōgimachi. Yoshiaki defended his actions and condemned Nobunaga's, then correctly deduced that Yasuke sought information on the Templars and advised him to head to Takahara Village to investigate their activities. With their business concluded, Naoe declared that Yoshiaki no longer posed a threat without the Shinbakufu, and Yasuke added that Nobunaga's name would live on while Yoshiaki's would be forgotten, before the two left him alone.[2]

Appearances

References

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