was the 14th shogun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

of the Ashikaga shogunate

Ashikaga shogunate

The , also known as the , was a Japanese feudal military regime, ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga clan.This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from Muromachi Street of Kyoto where the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established his residence...

 who held nominal power for a few months in 1568 during the Muromachi period

Muromachi period

The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kemmu restoration of imperial...

 of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. When he became shogun, he changed his name to Yoshinaga, but he is more conventionally recognized today by the name Yoshihide.

• Eiroku 11, in the 2nd month (1568): Yoshihide became Seii Taishogun
  Shogun
  A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...
  
  three years after the death of his cousin, the thirteenth shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru
  Ashikaga Yoshiteru
  , also known as Yoshifushi or Yoshifuji, was the 13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the eldest son of the 12th shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiharu; and his mother was a daughter of Konoe Taneie...
  
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Events of Yoshihide's bakufu

Shortly after having been proclaimed shogun, Yoshihide died from a contagious disease. In the same month, Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...

 marched his armies into Kyoto. He seized control of the capital. Nobunaga installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki

Ashikaga Yoshiaki

was the 15th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573. His father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu was the twelfth shogun, and his brother, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was the thirteenth shogun....

 as the fifteenth shogun.

Era of Yoshihide's bakufu

The years in which Yoshihide was shogun are encompassed within a single era name or nengō.

• Eiroku
  Eiroku
  was a after Kōji and before Genki. This period spanned the years from February 1558 through April 1570. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1558 : The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of Emperor Ōgimachi...
  
  (1558–1570)