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... is also the ancestral home of the Ashikaga shoguns (1338–1597). It has an ancient school (probably founded 9th cent.), which is known for its vast library of Chinese classics. Ashikaga's 12th-century temple is treasured by the Japanese.

Japanese warrior family that established the Ashikaga shogunate in 1338. The founder, Ashikaga Takauji (1305–58), supported the emperor Go-Daigo's attempt to wrest control of the country from the Hojo family, but then turned on him and set up an emperor from another branch of the imperial family, who granted ...

Prefecture (1990 pop. 1,935,186), central Honshu, Japan. Utsunomiya (the capital), Ashikaga, Oyama, Kanuma, and Sano are the chief cities. Its many fertile river plains yield rice, wheat, and tobacco. Cattle are raised and copper and manganese are mined. Automobiles, ceramics, processed foods, silk, and ...

Or Seami or Kanze Motokiyo(born 1363, Japan—died Sept. 1, 1443, Kyoto?) Japanese playwright and theorist of the no theatre. Under the patronage of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Zeami joined with his father, Kan'ami (1333–84), to create the no theatre in its present form. He is credited with about 90 (and most of the greatest) of the approximately 230 plays in the present ...

the government of three dynasties of military feudal rulers of Japan (the shoguns): Minamoto, Ashikaga, and Tokugawa. The Bakufu lasted from the end of the 12th century until 1867.