Ashikaga clan

The Ashikaga clan (足利氏 Ashikaga-shi) was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke province (modern-day Tochigi prefecture). Another Ashikaga clan, not related by blood, and derived instead from the Fujiwara clan, also existed.

Ashikaga clan

The Ashikaga clan (足利氏 Ashikaga-shi) was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in Shimotsuke province (modern-day Tochigi prefecture). Another Ashikaga clan, not related by blood, and derived instead from the Fujiwara clan, also existed.