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The shogunate's bureaucracy was divided into four offices - one more than the Kamakura shogunate. These included an office overseeing police and military matters, one for financial affairs, one for judicial affairs, and one which maintained records, especially records related to land and taxation. The Ashikaga appointed ''[[shugo]]'', or military governors, to govern the provinces. His most trusted vassals were granted positions within the bureaucracy, and simultaneously held ''shugo'' positions in the areas immediately surrounding Kyoto. All the ''shugo'' throughout the archipelago were nominally vassals of the shogun, but enjoyed considerable autonomy, and would eventually (beginning around the time of the Ônin War in 1467-1477) transform into the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] [[daimyo]], claiming supreme local authority in their respective territories.
The shogunate's bureaucracy was divided into four offices - one more than the Kamakura shogunate. These included an office overseeing police and military matters, one for financial affairs, one for judicial affairs, and one which maintained records, especially records related to land and taxation. The Ashikaga appointed ''[[shugo]]'', or military governors, to govern the provinces. His most trusted vassals were granted positions within the bureaucracy, and simultaneously held ''shugo'' positions in the areas immediately surrounding Kyoto. All the ''shugo'' throughout the archipelago were nominally vassals of the shogun, but enjoyed considerable autonomy, and would eventually (beginning around the time of the Ônin War in 1467-1477) transform into the [[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] [[daimyo]], claiming supreme local authority in their respective territories.
Not only the Ashikaga, but their top vassals, and their retainers in turn, maintained homes in Kyoto at this time; it has been estimated that as many as 10,000 mounted warriors lived in the city in the 14th century (plus, some significant number of samurai retainers too low-ranking to own a horse).<ref>[[Eiko Ikegami]], ''Bonds of Civility'', Cambridge University Press (2005), 106.</ref>
The Ashikaga were seriously weakened after the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]) and eventually eclipsed by [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1573]], who banished the last Ashikaga shôgun, [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], from [[Kyoto]].
The Ashikaga were seriously weakened after the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]) and eventually eclipsed by [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1573]], who banished the last Ashikaga shôgun, [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], from [[Kyoto]].