Muromachi period
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Ashikaga Shogunate
足利幕府 ashikaga-bakufu
(1338-1573)

The Ashikaga shogunate, also known as the Muromachi shogunate, was a feudal military regime, ruled nearly 250 years by the shoguns of the Ashikaga family. Because the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established his residence in Kyôto´s Muromachi street, this period is known as the Muromachi period.



name
lifespan
 reign
 1rd shôgun
 Ashikaga Takauji
 足 利尊氏 1305-1358 1338-1358
 2nd shôgun Ashikaga Yoshiakira 足利義詮 1330-1367 1358-1367
 3rd shôgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 足 利義満 1348-1408 1368-1394
 4th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshimochi 足利義持 1386-1428 1394-1423
 5th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshikazu 足利義量 1407-1425 1423-1425
 6th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshinori 足利義教 1394-1441 1429-1441
 7th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshikatsu
 足利義量 1434-1443 1442-1443
 8th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa 足利義政 1435-1490 1449-1473
 9th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa 足利義尚 1465-1489 1473-1489
10th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshitane 足利義稙 1466-1523 1490-1493
1508-1521
11th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshizumi 足利義澄 1481-1511
 1494-1508
12th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshiharu 足利義昭 1511-1550 1521-1546
13th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru 足利義輝 1536-1565 1546-1565
14th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshihide 足利義栄 1538-1568 1568
15th shôgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki 足利義昭 1537-1597 1568-1573