# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashikaga-takauji
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:05:26.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashikaga-takauji"
name: "Ashikaga Takauji"
slug: "ashikaga-takauji"
description: "Ashikaga Takauji  also known as Minamoto no Takauji was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358. He was a male-line descendant of the samurai of the (Minamoto) Seiwa Genji line who had settled in the Ashikaga area of Shimotsuke Province, in present-day Tochigi Prefecture."
tagline: "First shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1305–1358)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashikaga_Takauji_J%C5%8Ddo-ji.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1305"
deathDate: "1358-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump