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Sasaki Dōyō

Type Figure Region Japan Time c. 1306–1373 Also known as Sasaki Takauji、Kyōgoku Takauji

Japanese warrior and figure of the Busshō culture of the Nanboku-chō period (c. 1306–1373), ally of Ashikaga Takauji and shugo of multiple provinces.

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  1. 1371–1373Shōraku-ji, Ōmi Province · Ōmi ProvinceAfter Takauji and Yoshiakira successively died, Dōyō, as a senior shogunate minister, participated in the hyōjōshū and served as shitsuji of the Mandokoro, using Ōmi as his base to assist the second shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira and the shogunate's operations during the young Yoshimitsu era, maintaining strategic control of Kyoto's flank.

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