Ashikaga shogunate

The Ashikaga shogunate (Japanese 足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu, 1336–1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga family. This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from the Muromachi area of Kyoto where the third shogun Yoshimitsu established his residence. In part because the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji, did so by siding with the Emperor against the previous Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikagas shared more of the governmental author ...

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Ashikaga (Japanese: 足利市, Ashikaga-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 161,259 and a density of 906.87 persons per km². The total area is 177.82 km². During the Heian Period, Ashikaga was developed by Minamoto no Yoshikuni, whose descendants later became the Ashikaga clan. The city was founded on January 1, 1921. Ashikaga is home to Ashikaga Kogyō Fūzoku Daigaku Kōkō (Ashikodai) boys' high school, as well as Ashikaga Tank ...

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Ashikaga Takauji (Japanese: 足利尊氏) (1305 – June 7, 1358) was the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358. He was a descendant of the samurai of the Seiwa Genji line, descended from Emperor Seiwa, that had settled in Ashikaga area of Shimotsuke Province which is in present day Tochigi Prefecture. Takauji was a general of the Kamakura shogunate sent to Kyoto in 1333 to put down the Genko Rebellion which had start ...

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Daitoku-ji (大徳寺) is a Rinzai Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan. The temple complex has the mountain-name Ryuhozan (龍宝山), literally meaning "dragon treasure mountain." It was established in 1319 by Shohomyocho (宗峰妙超) who is also called Daitokokushi (大燈国師). Daitokuji was frequented by Emperor Go-Daigo and was counted as one of the five sacred moutains (temples). But after the Ashikaga shogunate was established, it was removed from the list and the shogunate chose to ignore it ...

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The Battle of Sekigahara or popularly known as the Realm Divide was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Tokugawa to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning o ...

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List of Japanese people - Pre-modern. See List of samurai for all leaders with samurai status. See Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga shogunate, and Tokugawa shogunate for list of those who became shogun. Emperor Go-Toba Kusunoki Masashige Taira no Kiyomori Taira no Masakado Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda) List of Japanese people - Modern. Anami Korechika Doihara Kenji Enomoto Takeaki Kuro ...

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Ikkyu was born during the Ashikaga shogunate, during the time known as the Muromachi period, when the capital of Japan was restored to Kyoto from Kamakura. At the age of 21, he sought out Kaso, a well-regarded Zen monk. Under his tutelage in the seminal Daitoku-ji temple in Kyoto, Ikkyu came up against Yoso, a more senior student who eventually came to run the monastery. In Ikkyu's poems, Yoso appears as a character unhealthily obsessed with material goods, who sold Zen to inc ...

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Sohei - Founding and Feuds. Warrior monks first appeared in a significant way in Japan in the middle of the 10th century, when bitter political feuds began between different temples, different sub-sects of Buddhism, over imperial appointments to the top temple positions (i.e. abbot, or zasu) Much of the fighting over the next four centuries was over these sorts of political feuds, and centered around the temples of Kyoto and Nara, namely the Tōdaiji, Kōfuku-ji, Enryakuji, and Miidera, the four largest te ...

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Contact with Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) China was renewed during the Muromachi period after the Chinese sought support in suppressing Japanese pirates in coastal areas of China. Japanese pirates of this era and region were referred to as 倭寇, wakō, by the Chinese. Wanting to improve relations with China and to rid Japan of the wakō threat, Yoshimitsu accepted a relationship with the Chinese that was to last for half a century. In 1401 he restarted the tribute system, describing himself in a letter to the Chinese Emperor as "Your su ...

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In 1500, he became Emperor upon the death of his father, the Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado. However, because of the aftereffects of the Ōnin War, the Imperial Family was left so impoverished, that he was unable to perform the formal coronation ceremony. On the 3rd month, 22nd day of 1521, thanks to contributions from Honganji ?? (本願寺実如) and the Muromachi Bakufu, the Emperor was finally able to carry out this ceremony. Because of the Ōnin War, the scattering of the Court Nobility, and the poverty of the Imperial Court, the Emperor's authority fell to a low p ...

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Oda Nobunaga - Young Nobunaga. In 1534, Nobunaga was born to regional daimyo Oda Nobuhide in the Shobata Castle. He was Nobuhide's third son; however, he was the first son not born to a concubine and so was the heir to the Oda clan and domain in the Owari province. He was made the master of Nagoya Castle at a young age, and was brought up under the tutelage of senior Oda retainer, Hirate Masahide, apart from his brother Nobuyuki. As a youth, Nobunaga was known for his eccentric behaviour and lack of restraint. He was even called the "Owari ...

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No sooner had Yoshiteru been coronated, his father Yoshiharu made a truce with Harumoto to return to Kyoto. Yet, Harumoto's retainer Miyoshi Nagayoshi parted with Harumoto to take the side of Hosokawa Ujitsuna and two Hosokawa started a war that drove out Yoshiteru, his father Yoshiharu and Harumoto as well from Kyoto. On 1550, Yoshiharu passed away Omi unable to return to Kyoto. On 1552, Yoshiteru made a peace with Nagaharu to return to Kyoto. However, on the next year, Yoshiteru and Harumoto started a war against Nagayoshi to remove ...

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Japan - Pre-history. Archaeological research indicates that the earliest inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago migrated over land bridges from Northeast Asia about 30,000 years ago. Other evidence also suggests that some may have later come by sea from Southeast Asia during a period of migration toward the Pacific Ocean. The first signs of civilization appeared around 10,000 BC with the Jomon culture, characterized by a Mesolithic to Neolithic semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer lifestyle of pit dwelling and ...

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He was the fourth son of Emperor Montoku. His mother was a court lady named Meishi or Akirakeiko (明子), the daughter of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa (藤原良房). He was the younger half-brother of Imperial Prince Koretaka (惟喬親王) (lived 844-897) 868-949 Imperial Prince Sadaakira (惟喬親王) (Emperor Yōzei) 870-924 Imperial Prince Sadayasu (貞明親王) ???-930 Imperial Princess Atsuko? (敦子内親王) ???-930 Imperial Prince Sadamoto (貞固親王) 873-916 Imperial Prince Sadasumi ...

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By July 1467 the fighting had become serious, and this was when the Onin War officially started. By September, Kyoto's northern parts were in ruin, and everyone who could flee from Kyoto did. Both Yamana Souzen and Hosokawa Katsumoto died in 1473, and even then, the war continued on, neither side figuring out how to end the war. However, eventually the Yamana clan lost heart as the label of "rebel" was at last having some effect. Ouchi Masahiro, one of the Yamana generals, eventually burnt down his section of Kyoto and left the ...

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