Ashikaga shogunate

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The Ashikaga Shôgunate

The Ashikaga were descended from Minamoto Yoshiie, whose son Yoshikuni settled in the Ashikaga district of Shimotsuke Province. Yoshikuni's first son took the name Nitta while his second took Ashikaga. The Ashikaga became very wealthy under the Hôjô Regents and their defection to the Imperial cause in 1333 sealed the Hôjô's fate. Ashikaga Takauji then turned against Emperor Go-Daigo and in 1336 was named the 1st Ashikaga shôgun. The Ashikaga were seriously weakened after the Ônin War (1467-77) and eventually eclipsed by Oda Nobunaga in 1573, who banished the last Ashikaga shôgun, Yoshiaki, from Kyoto.

Name Life Reign
Ashikaga Takauji 1305-1358 1338-1358
Ashikaga Yoshiakira 1330-1367 1359-1367
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 1358-1408 1368-1394
Ashikaga Yoshimochi 1386-1428 1394-1423
Ashikaga Yoshikazu 1407-1429 1423-1425
Ashikaga Yoshimochi[1] 1425-1428
Ashikaga Yoshinori 1394-1441 1429-1441
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu 1434-1443 1441-1443
Ashikaga Yoshimasa 1436-1490 1443-1473
Ashikaga Yoshihisa 1465-1489 1473-1489
Ashikaga Yoshitane 1466-1523 1490-1493
Ashikaga Yoshizumi 1480-1511 1493-1508

Notes

  1. Repeat reign