was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of History of Japan#Medieval Japan (1185–1573/1600), medieval and Edo period, early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retai ...

lord and daimyo during the

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 (''Muromachi bakufu'' or ''Ashikaga bakufu''), which was officially established in 1338 by ...

Biography

Yoshimasa was the son of Shiba Takatsune. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)
"Shiba Yoshimasa"
in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 850. During the

Ashikaga shogunate The , also known as the , was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Muromachi-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 669. The Ashikaga shogunate was establis ...

, Yoshimasa held the office of '' kanrei'' from 1379 to 1397.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shiba, Yoshimasa Samurai Ashikaga clan 1350 births 1410 deaths

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