Ashikaga shogunate
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The Ashikaga shogunate, also known as the Muromachi shogunate, was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.
Marker for the site of the Flower Palace, Kyoto
Kai Ichiranzu 1806
Kantō kubō
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Kantō kubō was a title equivalent to shōgun assumed by Ashikaga Motouji after his nomination to Kantō kanrei, or deputy shōgun for the Kamakura-fu, in 1349. Motouji transferred his original title to t
An illustration from the Shinpen Kamakurashi of the spot in Kamakura where the mansion of the Kantō kubō used to stand. It was still left empty in 1685 by peasants, more than two centuries after the dynasty's fall, thinking it may one day return and bring prosperity back to Kamakura.
The stele that marks the spot in Kamakura where the kubō's mansion used to stand