A report on Ashikaga Takauji, Kenmu Restoration, Ashikaga shogunate and Muromachi period

Portrait traditionally identified as that of Ashikaga Takauji

A portrait of Ashikaga Takauji bearing his son Yoshiakira's cipher

Marker for the site of the Flower Palace, Kyoto

Tomb of Ashikaga Takauji at Tōji-in in Kyoto

Prince Morinaga's statue at Kamakura-gū in Kamakura

Muromachi-era illustration to a fictional narrative

Music scene during the Muromachi period (1538)

Nanban ships arriving for trade in Japan. 16th-century painting.

A Japanese votive altar, Nanban style. End of 16th century. Guimet Museum.

Ashikaga Takauji (足利尊氏) was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.

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The Kenmu Restoration (建武の新政) was a three-year period of Imperial rule in Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period from 1333 to 1336.

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The Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府), also known as the Muromachi shogunate (室町幕府), was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.

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His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358.

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The Ashikaga shogunate was established when Ashikaga Takauji was appointed Shōgun after overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration shortly after having overthrown the Kamakura shogunate in support of Emperor Go-Daigo.

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The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi bakufu or Ashikaga bakufu), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336) of imperial rule was brought to a close.

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Go-Daigo launched a second uprising, and with the assistance of the defected Kamakura general Ashikaga Takauji, defeated the Kamakura Shogunate at the siege of Kamakura in 1333.

- Kenmu Restoration

The Kenmu Restoration was ultimately overthrown when Takauji became Shōgun and founded the Ashikaga Shogunate in 1336, beginning the "Northern and Southern Courts" period and the Muromachi period.

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Go-Daigo was enthroned once more as emperor, reestablishing the primacy of the Imperial court in Kyoto and starting the so-called Kenmu Restoration.

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Shogun

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The title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758–811) was one of the first shoguns of the early Heian period

Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun (1192–1199) of the Kamakura shogunate

Ashikaga Takauji (1336/1338–1358) established the Ashikaga shogunate

Ukiyo-e of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate

Shogun hearing a lawsuit at Fukiage (of Edo Castle) by Toyohara Chikanobu

Around 1334–1336, Ashikaga Takauji helped Daigo regain his throne in the Kenmu Restoration.

In 1336 Daigo was banished again, in favor of a new Emperor, leading to the creation of the new Ashikaga shogunate.

The Ashikaga had their headquarters in the Muromachi district of Kyoto, and the time during which they ruled is also known as the Muromachi period.

Nanboku-chō period

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The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, Nanboku-chō jidai, "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate of Japanese history.During the early period, there existed a Northern Imperial Court, established by Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and a Southern Imperial Court, established by Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino.

The destruction of the Kamakura shogunate of 1333 and the failure of the Kenmu Restoration in 1336 opened up a legitimacy crisis for the new shogunate.

This Kamakura tradition was prestigious and it set the precedent for what followed in the Muromachi period.