Ashikaga
shôgun 
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            ASHIKAGA Takauji 
            足利尊氏 (1305-1358) 
            1st
shôgun of the Muromachi period 
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            Ashikaga
Takauji established Japan`s second  feudal military
government. Takauji is the first
            shôgun (1338-58) and
the founder of Ashikaga shogunate which will held until 1573. His reign
symbolizes the fall of the Kamakura
government and the beginning of the
Muromachi period.
             
             
               
              
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