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Ashikaga clan (Fujiwara) (view source)
Revision as of 16:24, 7 November 2007
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* ''Japanese:'' 足利氏 ''(Ashikaga-shi)''
The Ashikaga clan was a branch family of the [[Fujiwara clan]] of ''[[kuge]]'' (court nobles), more specifically [[Fujiwara no Hidesato]] of the [[Northern Fujiwara]] branch. The clan was a powerful force in the [[Kanto|Kantô region]] during the [[Heian period]] (794-1185). The clan bore no direct relation to the [[samurai]] [[Ashikaga clan]] which ruled Japan under the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] from 1333 to 1587 and which was descended from the [[Minamoto clan]].
==History==
The clan was based in the city of [[Ashikaga (city)|Ashikaga]], in [[Shimotsuke province]], over which Fujiwara no Hidesato was Imperial Governor (''[[Kokushi|kami]]''). [[Ashikaga no Nariyuki]] was the first to take the Ashikaga name, after the city.
In [[1161]], the position of ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (manor lord) of Ashikaga came to be disputed between the [[Koyama clan]], descendants of Fujiwara no Hidesato, and [[Utsunomiya Ietsuna]], a member of the [[Shiroi Utsunomiya clan]], also descended from the Fujiwara, whose son [[Utsunomiya Toshitsuna|Toshitsuna]] controlled several thousand hectares of land in that area. The dispute eventually ended in Hidesato's descendants being granted the post of ''[[shugo]]'' (shogunal governor) in the northern Kantô. The area soon came to be in dispute once again, between the Minamoto-descended Ashikaga clan (who took their name from the same city) and the [[Nitta clan]], but this dispute ended when both clans, along with the Utsunomiya, joined [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185) against the [[Taira clan]].
Following the Genpei War, Yoritomo established the [[Kamakura shogunate]], and the descendants of Ashikaga no Nariyuki, now known as the Sano, Ôgo, and Asonuma families, came to serve as direct vassals (''[[gokenin]]'') to the shogun.
==References==
*''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*''Much of the content of this article is derived from the corresponding article on the Japanese Wikipedia.''
*『国史大事典 第１巻』吉川弘文館 国史大辞典編集委員会(編）ISBN 4642005013
[[Category:Clans]]
The Ashikaga clan was a branch family of the [[Fujiwara clan]] of ''[[kuge]]'' (court nobles), more specifically [[Fujiwara no Hidesato]] of the [[Northern Fujiwara]] branch. The clan was a powerful force in the [[Kanto|Kantô region]] during the [[Heian period]] (794-1185). The clan bore no direct relation to the [[samurai]] [[Ashikaga clan]] which ruled Japan under the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] from 1333 to 1587 and which was descended from the [[Minamoto clan]].
==History==
The clan was based in the city of [[Ashikaga (city)|Ashikaga]], in [[Shimotsuke province]], over which Fujiwara no Hidesato was Imperial Governor (''[[Kokushi|kami]]''). [[Ashikaga no Nariyuki]] was the first to take the Ashikaga name, after the city.
In [[1161]], the position of ''[[jito|jitô]]'' (manor lord) of Ashikaga came to be disputed between the [[Koyama clan]], descendants of Fujiwara no Hidesato, and [[Utsunomiya Ietsuna]], a member of the [[Shiroi Utsunomiya clan]], also descended from the Fujiwara, whose son [[Utsunomiya Toshitsuna|Toshitsuna]] controlled several thousand hectares of land in that area. The dispute eventually ended in Hidesato's descendants being granted the post of ''[[shugo]]'' (shogunal governor) in the northern Kantô. The area soon came to be in dispute once again, between the Minamoto-descended Ashikaga clan (who took their name from the same city) and the [[Nitta clan]], but this dispute ended when both clans, along with the Utsunomiya, joined [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in the [[Genpei War]] (1180-1185) against the [[Taira clan]].
Following the Genpei War, Yoritomo established the [[Kamakura shogunate]], and the descendants of Ashikaga no Nariyuki, now known as the Sano, Ôgo, and Asonuma families, came to serve as direct vassals (''[[gokenin]]'') to the shogun.
==References==
*''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*''Much of the content of this article is derived from the corresponding article on the Japanese Wikipedia.''
*『国史大事典 第１巻』吉川弘文館 国史大辞典編集委員会(編）ISBN 4642005013
[[Category:Clans]]