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The Ashikaga were descended from [[Minamoto Yoshiie]], whose son [[Minamoto Yoshikuni|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 [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]) and eventually eclipsed by [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1573]], who banished the last Ashikaga shôgun, [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki|Yoshiaki]], from [[Kyoto]].

The Ashikaga were descended from [[Minamoto Yoshiie]], whose son [[Minamoto Yoshikuni|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 [[Onin War|Ônin War]] ([[1467]]-[[1477|77]]) and eventually eclipsed by [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1573]], who banished the last Ashikaga shôgun, [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki|Yoshiaki]], from [[Kyoto]].

==''Kanto Kubô''==

==''Kanto Kubô''==

The Ashikaga of the Kanto were tasked with maintaining the authority of the Ashikaga shôgun in that region and at first resided at Kamakura. They were known as the ''Kanto kubô'' and traditionally relied on the support of the [[Uesugi clan]], who were ''kanto kanrei'', or Deputy Shôgun for the Kanto. In [[1449]] [[Ashikaga Shigeuji]] ([[1438]]?-[[1531]]) became ''Kanto kubô'' and had [[Uesugi Noritada]] as his deputy. Shigeuji became concerned by the influence of the Uesugi and at length had Noritada murdered. The two main branches of the Uesugi, the Ogigayatsu and Yamanouchi, the latter supported by the Nagao of [[Echigo province|Echigo]], went to war with Shigeuji and his followers. Although Shigeuji held his own in various battles in [[Sagami province|Sagami]] and elsewhere, Kamakura was taken and burned by [[Imagawa Noritada]] in [[1455]] and the Ashikaga ''Kanto kubô'' afterwards resided in [[Shimosa province]]. When the Hôjô began to make advances into the Kanto in the early 16th Century, the Ashikaga allied with the Uesugi to challenge them. The ''Kanto Kubô'' position came to an effective end with the defeat and capture of [[Ashikaga Haruuji]] in [[1554]].

The Ashikaga of the Kanto were tasked with maintaining the authority of the Ashikaga shôgun in that region and at first resided at Kamakura. They were known as the ''Kanto kubô'' and traditionally relied on the support of the [[Uesugi clan]], who were ''kanto kanrei'', or Deputy Shôgun for the Kanto. In [[1449]] [[Ashikaga Shigeuji]] ([[1438]]?-[[1531]]) became ''Kanto kubô'' and had [[Uesugi Noritada]] as his deputy. Shigeuji became concerned by the influence of the Uesugi and at length had Noritada murdered. The two main branches of the Uesugi, the Ogigayatsu and Yamanouchi, the latter supported by the Nagao of [[Echigo province|Echigo]], went to war with Shigeuji and his followers. Although Shigeuji held his own in various battles in [[Sagami province|Sagami]] and elsewhere, Kamakura was taken and burned by [[Imagawa Noritada]] in [[1455]] and the Ashikaga ''Kanto kubô'' afterwards resided in [[Shimosa province]]. When the Hôjô began to make advances into the Kanto in the early 16th Century, the Ashikaga allied with the Uesugi to challenge them. The ''Kanto Kubô'' position came to an effective end with the defeat and capture of [[Ashikaga Haruuji]] in [[1554]].