Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573. The Ashikaga shogunate was established when Ashikaga Takauji was appointed Shōgun after overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration...

the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country. Although during part of the Kamakura period and Sengoku period, shoguns were figureheads...

puppet shōgun for a brief period, but external power struggles would unseat him, and the Ashikaga dynasty of shōguns would end. Father: Ashikaga Yoshimi...

Ashikaga Yoshitane, who became shōgun for a second period of time. Two of Yoshizumi's sons would themselves become shōguns. Ashikaga Yoshiharu would hold nominal...

Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597) was the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to...

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (足利 義勝, March 19, 1434 – August 16, 1443) was the seventh shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1442 to 1443 during the...

The Ashikaga clan had 15 Shōguns from 1333 to 1573. Some were more powerful or prominent than others. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the third shogun of the...

regents and shōguns would come and go, while she stayed at the helm. Since the Hōjō family did not have the rank to nominate a shōgun from among its...

Ashikaga Yoshinori (足利 義教, July 12, 1394 – July 12, 1441) was the sixth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1429 to 1441 during the Muromachi...

Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi bakufu or Ashikaga bakufu), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji...