Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (born 1305)

Ashikaga Takauji

Military ruler of Japan from 1338 to 1358

Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was 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…