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The was a prominent Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese samurai
Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
 clan
Japanese clans

This is a list of Japanese clans. The ancient clans mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period....
 which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573.






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The was a prominent Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese samurai
Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
 clan
Japanese clans

This is a list of Japanese clans. The ancient clans mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period....
 which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan
Minamoto clan

was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period on those of their sons and grandsons who were not considered eligible for the throne....
, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga
Ashikaga, Tochigi

is a cities of Japan located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Ashikaga is located 80 km north of Tokyo.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 156,917 and a population density of 882.45 persons per km?....
 in Shimotsuke province
Shimotsuke Province

Shimotsuke is an old provinces of Japan of Japan, which today composes Tochigi prefecture.The ancient capital of the province was near the city of Tochigi, Tochigi, but in feudal times the main center of the province was near the modern capital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi....
 (modern-day Tochigi prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi. Utsunomiya is famous for its many Jiaozi specialist shops....
).

The Ashikaga had many notable branch clans, including the Hosokawa
Hosokawa clan

The was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa and a branch of the Minamoto clan, by the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga shogunate's administration....
, Imagawa
Imagawa clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Emperor Seiwa . It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan....
, Hatakeyama
Hatakeyama clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan. Originally a branch of the Taira clan and descended from Taira no Takamochi, they fell victim of political intrigue in 1205, when Hatakeyama Shigeyasu, first, and his father Hatakeyama Shigetada later were killed in battle by Hojo clan forces in Kamakura....
 (after 1205), Kira
Kira clan

The Kira clan was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa , and was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga family from the Minamoto clan .Ashikaga Mitsuuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji was the first to take the name of Kira....
, Shiba
Shiba clan

The was a Japanese clan claiming descent from the Seiwa Genji. A branch of the Shiba ruled Owari Province during the Muromachi Period....
, and Hachisuka
Hachisuka clan

The are descendants of Emperor Seiwa and are a branch of the Ashikaga clan and the Shiba clan .Ashikaga Ieuji , son of Ashikaga Yasuuji was the first who adopted the name of Shiba....
 clans. After the head family of the Minamoto clan died out during the early Kamakura period
Kamakura period

The is a period of History of Japan that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
, the Ashikaga came to style themselves as the head of the Minamoto, coopting the prestige which came with that name.

Another Ashikaga clan, not related by blood, and derived instead from the Fujiwara clan, also existed.

Clan Heads

  1. Ashikaga Yoshiyasu
  2. Ashikaga Yoshikane
    Ashikaga Yoshikane

    became head of the Ashikaga clan during the reign of Emperor Konoe .* Kyuan 6, in the 12th month : Minamoto-no Yoshikane became head of the Ashikaga clan in Shimotsuke province....
  3. Ashikaga Yoshiyasu
  4. Ashikaga Yoshiuji
  5. Ashikaga Yasuuji
  6. Ashikaga Yoriuji
  7. Ashikaga Ietoki
  8. Ashikaga Sadauji
  9. Ashikaga Takauji
    Ashikaga Takauji

    was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358....


Other Ashikaga of note

  • Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
    Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

    was the 3rd shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was the son of the second shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira....
  • Ashikaga Yoshimasa
    Ashikaga Yoshimasa

    was the 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimasa was the son of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori....
  • Ashikaga Satouji
    Ashikaga Satouji

    was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as lord of the Kitsuregawa domain . A direct descendant of the Ashikaga shoguns, Satouji had 5000 income and was a Tokugawa retainer, but had the de facto status of a daimyo of 100,000 koku-level income....


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