Ashikaga Clan
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Founders | Minamoto no Yoshiyasu |
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Parent house | Seiwa Genji |
Minamoto clan | |
Ruled until | Ashikaga shogunate |
Oda Nobunaga | |
Final ruler | Ashikaga Yoshiaki |
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ID | 1371383 |
About Ashikaga Clan
The Ashikaga clan was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke province.