Ashikaga Masatomo ( Japanese : 足利政知 ; 1435?1491) was a Japanese warrior of the Muromachi period and member of the Ashikaga family . He was the first Horigoe Kubo (Governor-general based in Horigoe, Izu Province, sometimes referred to as Horikoshi or Horiguchi Kubo ), ^{[1] [2]} and half-brother of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Ashikaga Yoshimi .

Life [ edit ]

Ashikaga Masatomo was born in 1435, the son of 6th Ashikaga shogun Yoshinori. He became a Rinzai monk at Tenryu-ji temple (the Ashikaga family temple) in Kyoto in his childhood, ^[3] but by 1457, at the age of 22, was appointed Kanto kubo of Kamakura-fu by Yoshimasa and thus forced to return to secular life.

However, he was not allowed access to Kamakura by the unrecognized Kanto administrator. Weakness of shogunal authority ^[4] meant that Masatomo would not be able to enter Kamakura, and he therefore ended up living in Horigoe, Izu Province, where he was recognized as the first Horigoe Kubo . The reason for the relocation to Izu was to challenge the authority of a shogunal enemy, Ashikaga Shigeuji . ^[5]

As Horigoe Kubo , he notified Yoshimasa of the "rebellion" of Uesugi Mochitomo, which caused him to lose favor with the Uesugi, who effectively controlled the Kanto region; he spent much of his time in office fighting against the Koga kubo. ^{[6] [7]}

Death [ edit ]

Masatomo disinherited his son Chachamaru, who would go on to murder his father during a succession dispute in 1491. ^{[8] [9]} He was succeeded in office as Horigoe kubo by this same son, ^[10] and forced Masatomo's other son Yoshizumi into the protection of the Imagawa. ^[11]

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