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Ashikaga Takauji

First shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1305–1358)

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Lived 1305–1358, aged 53Japan
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    1305–1358
    Aged 53
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Updated 2026-08-18

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.

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