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Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate (1336–1573)

Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate (1336–1573)

  1. Kemmu Restoration replaces Kamakura shogunate

    Labels: Kemmu Restoration, Emperor Go-Daigo

  2. Ashikaga Takauji drives Go-Daigo from Kyōto

    Labels: Ashikaga Takauji, Northern and

  3. Takauji appointed shōgun, Ashikaga rule formalized

    Labels: Ashikaga Takauji, Shogunate

  4. Yoshimitsu commissions Muromachi palace complex

    Labels: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Muromachi Palace

  5. Northern and Southern Courts reunified under Yoshimitsu

    Labels: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Imperial Reunification

  6. Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) completed in Kyōto

    Labels: Kinkaku-ji, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

  7. Ashikaga Yoshimasa becomes shōgun amid weakening authority

    Labels: Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Shugo

  9. Ōnin War ends, Sengoku-era fragmentation accelerates

    Labels: nin War, Sengoku

  10. Higashiyama villa construction begins under Yoshimasa

    Labels: Higashiyama Villa, Ashikaga Yoshimasa

  11. Portuguese introduce matchlock firearms at Tanegashima

    Labels: Tanegashima, Portuguese

  12. Francis Xavier lands at Kagoshima, beginning Jesuit mission

    Labels: Francis Xavier, Jesuits

  13. Oda Nobunaga enters Kyōto, installs Ashikaga Yoshiaki

    Labels: Oda Nobunaga, Ashikaga Yoshiaki

  14. Oda Nobunaga expels Yoshiaki, Ashikaga shogunate ends

    Labels: Oda Nobunaga, Ashikaga Shogunate