Ashikaga Yoshizumi

was the 11th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1494 to 1508 during the Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of Ashikaga Masatomo and grandson of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori. His childhood name was Seikō (清晃), Yoshizumi was first called Yoshitō (sometimes translated as Yoshimichi), then Yoshitaka.

Yoshizumi was adopted by the 8th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. He was installed by Hosokawa Masamoto as Sei-i Taishōgun.

Two of Yoshizumi's sons would themselves become shōguns. Ashikaga Yoshiharu would hold nominal powers as the twelfth Muromachi shōgun; and Ashikaga Yoshihide assumed nominal powers as the fourteenth shōgun.

Family Father: Ashikaga Masatomo (1435–1491) Mother: daughter of Mushanakoji Takamitsu Adopted Father: Ashikaga Yoshimasa Adopted Mother: Hino Tomiko Wife: Hino Akiko Concubine: speculated daughter of Shiba Yoshihiro or daughter of Rokkaku Takayori Children: Ashikaga Yoshiharu by Akiko Ashikaga Yoshitsuna by daughter of Shiba or Rokkaku

Events of Yoshizumi's bakufu Significant events shape the period during which Yoshizumi was shōgun: 1494 – Hosokawa Masamoto has Yoshizumi appointed shōgun. Meiō (1492–1501) Bunki (1501–1504) Eishō (1504–1521)