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Ashikaga Takauji

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1305–1358 Also known as Ashikaga Takauji (Takashi)

Ashikaga Takauji (1305–1358) was the first Sei-i Taishōgun of the Muromachi shogunate, founding the Muromachi regime in 1338.

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  1. 1341–1350Kyoto · KyotoIn the 1340s Takauji, as shogun, presided over the Northern Court warrior regime in Kyoto, maintaining a standoff with the Southern Court and delegating governance and control of the provinces to senior ministers such as Kō no Moronao.
  2. 1351–1358Kyoto · JapanHe continued the North–South war and internal consolidation in the 1350s, dying of illness in 1358; the Muromachi regime was inherited by his son Ashikaga Yoshiakira.

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