Ashikaga Yoshimitsu Unifies the Northern and Southern Courts

Timeline

1. 1390–1391Kyoto · JapanAshikaga Yoshimitsu consolidated the shogunate's control over the daimyō and opened unification negotiations with the Southern Court on the terms of its submission and the redistribution of lands, weakening the remaining opposing forces.
2. 1392Kyoto · JapanIn 1392, Southern Court Emperor Go-Kameyama surrendered the Three Sacred Treasures and submitted to the Northern Court, ending the fifty-six-year North–South division; the imperial line reverted to the Northern Court, and Yoshimitsu's authority greatly increased.
3. 1392–1394Japan · JapanAfter unification, Yoshimitsu further reorganized shogunate institutions and strengthened control over the shugo daimyō, laying a solid foundation for later political and cultural undertakings such as the kangō trade with Ming China and the construction of Kinkaku-ji.