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Te Ashikaga shogunate (Jp. 足利幕府; Ashikaga-bakufu, 1336 - 1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by te shoguns of te Ashikaga family.
This period is also known as te Muromachi period and gets its name from te Muromachi area of Kyoto where te third shogun Yoshimitsu established his residence.
In part because te founder of te Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, did so by siding with te Emperor against te previous Kamakura shogunate, te Ashikagas shared more of te governmental authority with te Imperial government than te Kamakura had. Thus, it was te weakest shogunate among Kamakura shogunate and Tokugawa shogunate. However, most of te regional power still remained with te provincial daimyo, and te military power of te shogunate depended largely on their loyalty to te Ashikaga. As te daimyo increasingly feuded among themselves in te pursuit of power, that loyalty grew increasingly strained, until it erupted into open warfare in te late Muromachi period, also known as te Sengoku Period.
Te Ashikaga shogunate was destroyed in 1573 when Oda Nobunaga drove te 15th and last Ashikaga shogun Yoshiaki out of Kyoto. Afterwards, Yoshiaki sought and received protection from te Mori clan in western Japan and later was requested by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to accept him as an adopted son and 16th Ashikaga Shogun but Yoshiaki refused. Te Ashikaga family still survive to this day.
Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) (r. 1338-1358)
Ashikaga Yoshiakira (1330-1368) (r. 1359-1368)
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) (r. 1368-1394)
Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386-1428) (r. 1395-1423)
Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407-1425) (r. 1423-1425)
Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394-1441) (r. 1429-1441)
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434-1443) (r. 1442-1443)
Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436-1490) (r. 1449-1473)
Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465-1489) (r. 1474-1489)
Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466-1523) (r. 1490-1493, 1508-1521)
Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1480-1511) (r. 1495-1508)
Ashikaga Yoshiharu (1510-1550) (r. 1522-1547)
Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536-1565) (r. 1547-1565)
Ashikaga Yoshihide (1540-1568) (r. 1568)
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537-1597) (r. 1568-1573)
See also: shogun -- Cloistered rule -- History of Japan -- Lists of incumbents
Categories: Shoguns | Muromachi period
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45