1490: Ashikaga Yoshiki Becomes the 10th Shogun - Sengoku Shogun Map
Since the late shogun Yoshihisa had left no heir, Yoshiki (later known as Yoshitane), the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and an adopted heir, became the 10th shogun. Though the succession itself was settled, tensions gradually grew between the new shogun and Kanrei Hosokawa Masamoto, planting the seeds of the Meiō Coup that would follow in 1493.
Major events
- 1490-01: Ashikaga Yoshimasa Dies — The eighth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa died at age 65 while his Higashiyama villa was still under construction. He did not live to see the pavilion later known as the Silver Pavilion completed.
- 1490-07: Ashikaga Yoshiki Becomes the Tenth Shogun — Ashikaga Yoshiki (later Yoshitane) received the shogunal appointment as the tenth shogun and began governing with support from his father Yoshimi.