Ashikaga Takauji

Takauji is born

1305 BCE

Ashikaga Takauji was born at Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan.

Takauji raises an army against the kamakura government causing the hojo clan to collapse

1333

Ashikaga was sent by the Hojo government to fortify Kyoto's defenses. The Hojo government's control of the country outside Kamakura had reduced causing Takauji to switch sides and raise an army against the Kamakura government with the support of other warriors causing the Hojo clan to fall apart.

Takauij betrays Go Daigo II forcing him to abdicate

1336

Takauji betrays emperor Go Daigo II and forces him to abdicate in favor of their candidate, a few months later he escaped and flees to South Yoshino insisting his abdication was wrong and he is still the rightful ruler of Japan.

Takauji was accused by the emperor and his rival Yoshisada who allied with the emperor to turn on Takauji.

1336

Nitta Yoshisada (Takauji's rival) managed to turn emperor Go Daigo II and his cheif advisers against Takauji. Takauji was then charged by emperor Go Daigo II for trying to establish an independent territorial base in the east. This began a battle between Takauji and Yoshisada. Takauji quickly allied with a rival branch of the imperial family who wanted the throne and the issue escalated to a dynastic dispute over imperial succession.

The Muromachi period begins and Takauji receives the title of shogunate

1338

The start of the Muromachi period also known as the Ashikaga period begins. Takauji receives title of shogun and establishes the Ashikaga shogunate.

The Tenryuji temple in Kyoto is built by Takauji to contribute to the Zen Sect

1339

Takauji built the Tenryuji temple in Kyoto because he was a cultured man and wanted to contribute to the zen sect (a shool of Mayayana Buddhism) by building temples

Takauji kills his brother Tadayoshi

1350

Takauji shared ruling powers of the shogunate with Tadayoshi his brother and in the journey of rebuilding order within the shogunate he killed him

Ashikaga Takauji Death

1358

Ashikaga Takauji died at Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan at the age of 53
Takauji died leaving his grandson Yoshimitsu the task of resolving and ending the hostilities between the northern and southern court and Kyoto and Yoshino

Yoshimitszu ends hostilities between Northern and Southern court

1392

Hostilities between the nothern cout at Kyoto and Southern court at Yoshino ended due to Takauji's grandson (Yoshimitszu)

Oda Nobunaga overthrows the Ashikaga shogunate

1573

The shogunate's power diminished and Oda Nobunaga overthrows the Ashikaga. (causing the Muromachi/Ashikaga period to end)