The , also known as the , was a feudal Japanese feudal military government. The heads of government were the shoguns. Each was a member of the Ashikaga clan.

These years are known as the Muromachi period. The period takes gets its name from the district in Kyoto where the Ashikaga shoguns lived.

Ashikaga shogunate

History

In 1336, the Ashikaga Takauji and the Ashikaga clan established a military government in Kyoto.

Ashikaga shogunate

List of Ashikaga Shoguns

Ashikaga Takauji, ruled 1338–1358

Ashikaga Yoshiakira, r. 1359–1368

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, r. 1368–1394

Ashikaga Yoshimochi, r. 1395–1423

Ashikaga Yoshikazu, r. 1423–1425

Ashikaga Yoshinori, r. 1429–1441

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, r. 1442–1443

Ashikaga Yoshimasa, r. 1449–1473

Ashikaga Yoshihisa, r. 1474–1489

Ashikaga Yoshitane, r. 1490–1493, 1508–1521

Ashikaga Yoshizumi, r. 1494–1508

Ashikaga Yoshiharu, r. 1521–1546

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, r. 1546–1565

Ashikaga Yoshihide, r. 1568

Ashikaga Yoshiaki, r. 1568–1573

Related pages

Kamakura shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

References

Other websites

Ashikaga Bakufu from Washington State University website

Kyoto City Web

Periods in Japanese history

Samurai

1336 establishments in Japan

1573 disestablishments

16th-century disestablishments in Japan

Ashikaga shogunate