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Ashikaga Takauji (足利 尊氏, August 18, 1305 – June 7, 1358) [1] also known as Minamoto no Takauji was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. [2] His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan , and ended with his death in 1358. [ 3 ]
The Ashikaga shogunate was the weakest of the three Japanese military governments. Unlike its predecessor, the Kamakura shogunate, or its successor, the Tokugawa shogunate, when Ashikaga Takauji established his government he had little
Ashikaga Takauji (足利 高氏 / 足利 尊氏) Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi, [5] Miyuki Sakurai (young) [4] (Japanese); Jonah Scott [2] (English) A former ally to the Hōjō clan who defected to the Emperor's side and overthrew the shogunate. Later he betrays the emperor and joins forces with the Northern Court, igniting a civil war.
1338: Ashikaga Takauji declares himself shōgun, moves his capital into the Muromachi district of Kyoto and supports the northern court; 1392: The southern court surrenders to shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the empire is unified again; 1397: Kinkaku-ji is built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Ryōan-ji rock garden. 1450: Ryōan-ji is built by Hosokawa ...
The Ashikaga clan (Japanese: 足利氏, Hepburn: Ashikaga-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan and dynasty which established the Ashikaga shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1333 [1] to 1573. [2] The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan , deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke Province (modern-day ...
Takauji was nominally shōgun but, having proved not to be up to the task of ruling the country, for more than ten years Tadayoshi governed in his stead. [4] The relationship between the two brothers was however destined to be destroyed by an extremely serious episode called the Kannō Incident, an event which takes its name from the Kannō era (1350–1351) during which it took place and ...
The O-yoroi Armor of Ashikaga Takauji [白絲威褄取鎧（しろいとおどしつまどりよろい)] Shiro-ito Odoshi Tsumadori O-yoroi) is a piece of Japanese armour made for the shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji. [1] This piece of armor belongs in the Arms and Armor Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The campaign was therefore enormously successful for the Ashikaga, with huge numbers of samurai rushing to join the two brothers. [2] By February 23 of the following year Nitta Yoshisada and the Emperor had lost, and Kyoto itself had fallen. [2] On February 25, 1336, Ashikaga Takauji entered the capital and the Kenmu Restoration ended. [2]