Ashikaga shogunate

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Ashikaga shogunate 足利幕府 (Ashikaga bakufu)
1336–1573
Mon of the Ashikaga clan
Capital	Heian-kyō
Common languages	Late Middle Japanese
Religion	Shinbutsu-shūgō
Government	Absolute monarchy under a feudal military dictatorship
Emperor
• 1332–1334	Kōgon
• 1557–1586	Ōgimachi
Shōgun
• 1338–1358	Ashikaga Takauji
• 1568–1573	Ashikaga Yoshiaki
History
• Established	11 August 1336
• Surrender of Emperor Go-Kameyama	15 October 1392
• Ōnin War	1467–1477
• Oda Nobunaga captures Heian-kyo	18 October 1568
• Ashikaga shogunate abolished	2 September 1573
Currency	Mon
Preceded by Succeeded by Kenmu Restoration Ashikaga clan Azuchi–Momoyama period

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The Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府, Ashikaga bakufu), also known as the Muromachi shogunate (室町幕府, Muromachi bakufu), was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.^[1]

The Ashikaga shogunate was established when Ashikaga Takauji was appointed Shōgun after overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration shortly after it had overthrown the Kamakura shogunate in support of Emperor Go-Daigo.^[2] The Ashikaga clan governed Japan from the Imperial capital of Heian-kyō (Kyoto) as de facto military dictators along with the daimyō lords of the samurai class.^[3] The Ashikaga shogunate began the Nanboku-chō period between the Pro-Ashikaga Northern Court in Kyoto and the Pro-Go-Daigo Southern Court in Yoshino until the South conceded to the North in 1392. The Ashikaga shogunate collapsed upon outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, entering a state of constant civil war known as the Sengoku period, and was finally dissolved when Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki was overthrown by Oda Nobunaga in 1573.

The Ashikaga shogunate's alternative name Muromachi and the Muromachi period are derived from the Muromachi district of Kyoto, where the third Shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, established his residence nicknamed the "Flower Palace" (花の御所, Hana no Gosho) on Muromachi Street in 1379.^[1]