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Ashikaga Yoriuji

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1270–1325 Also known as Ashikaga Yoriuji (Yoriji)、Yoriuji、Yoriji

Ashikaga Yoriuji (1270–1325) was the third head of the Ashikaga clan, active in the Kamakura shogunate's military system in the 1280s.

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  1. 1282–1325Kamakura · Kanagawa PrefectureAfter his father Ashikaga Ieyasu, he became the third head of the Ashikaga clan, serving the shogunate as one of the gokenin leaders and administering the clan's lands and military forces in Kantō.
  2. 1281–1290Kantō · KantōAs head of the Ashikaga clan he participated in the shogunate's gokenin system in the 1280s, continuing activity within the shogunate's military framework after the Köan Mongol invasion and consolidating the clan's influence among the gokenin.

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