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{{Short description|Military ruler of Japan from 1338 to 1358}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ashikaga|lang=Japanese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Ashikaga Takauji
| native_name         = {{lang|ja|足利 尊氏}}
| image               = Ashikaga Takauji Jōdo-ji.jpg
| office              = ''[[Shōgun]]'' of [[Ashikaga shogunate]]
| term_start          = 1338
| term_end            = 1358
| monarch             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Emperor Go-Daigo|Go-Daigo]]
* [[Emperor Go-Murakami|Go-Murakami]]}}
| predecessor         = [[Prince Narinaga]] {{small|([[Kenmu Restoration]])}}
| successor           = [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]]
| children            = {{plainlist|
* [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]]
* [[Ashikaga Motouji]]
*{{ill|Tazuō|ja|鶴王|vertical-align=sup}}
*Ashikaga Takewakamaru
}}
| parents             = {{Plainlist|
* {{ill|Ashikaga Sadauji|ja|足利貞氏|vertical-align=sup}}
* {{ill|Uesugi Kiyoko|ja|上杉清子|vertical-align=sup}}}}
| relations           = {{Plainlist|
* Ashikaga Takayoshi (older brother)
* [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] (younger brother)}}
| birth_date          = August 18, 1305
| birth_place         = Uesugi-shō, [[Ayabe, Kyoto]] or <br />[[Kamakura, Kanagawa]], or<br /> [[Ashikaga, Tochigi]], [[Japan]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1358|06|7|1305|08|18}}
| death_place         = Masuya-chō, [[Kamigyō-ku]], [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]]
| signature           = Kaō of Ashikaga Takauji.svg
| nationality         = 
| allegiance          = [[Minamoto clan]] ([[Seiwa Genji]])
| branch              = [[Ashikaga clan]]
| country             = Japan
| citizenship         = 
}}
{{nihongo|'''Ashikaga Takauji'''{{efn|{{IPA|ja|a.ɕi̥.kaꜜ.ɡa {{pipe}} ta.kaꜜ.ɯ.(d)ʑi, -kaꜜ.ŋa-, a.ɕi̥.ka.ɡa ta.kaꜜ.ɯ.(d)ʑi, -ka.ŋa-}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:新明解日本語アクセント辞典|edition=2nd|editor-last=Kindaichi|editor-first=Haruhiko|editor-link=Haruhiko Kindaichi|editor-last2=Akinaga|editor-first2=Kazue|publisher=[[Sanseidō]]|date=10 March 2025|language=ja}}</ref>}}|足利 尊氏||August 18, 1305 – June 7, 1358}}<ref>His name had originally been written with the characters 高氏，but he later received from [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] the right to use those 尊氏, under which he would become famous. According to Sansom (1977:87), in contemporary chronicles he is rarely called with his name, but referred to as {{nihongo|''Ō-gosho''|大御所|Great ''shōgun''}} or ''[[Dainagon]]'' (Great Councillor).</ref> also known as '''Minamoto no Takauji''' was the founder and first ''[[shōgun]]'' of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]].<ref name=Brit>"Ashikaga Takauji" in ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|The New Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Chicago: [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]], 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625.</ref> His rule began in 1338, beginning the [[Muromachi period]] of [[Japan]], and ended with his death in 1358.<ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Japan |title=Ashikaga Takauji |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=2012-06-03 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=2007-08-25}}</ref> He was a male-line descendant of the [[samurai]] of the ([[Minamoto]]) [[Seiwa Genji]] line (meaning they were descendants of [[Emperor Seiwa]]) who had settled in the Ashikaga area of [[Shimotsuke Province]], in present-day [[Tochigi Prefecture]].

According to [[Zen]] master and intellectual [[Musō Soseki]], who enjoyed his favor and collaborated with him, Takauji had three qualities: he kept his cool in battle and was not afraid of death, he was merciful and tolerant, and he was very generous with those below him.<ref name="matsuo">Matsuo (1997:105)</ref>

==Life==
[[File:Armor (Yoroi) MET DT784.jpg|thumb|Ashikaga Takauji's ''[[ō-yoroi]]'' (shoulder guards, missing here). Kamakura or Muromachi period, early 14th century, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|250x250px]]
His childhood name was Matagorō (又太郎). Takauji was a [[general]] of the [[Kamakura shogunate]] sent to [[Kyoto]] in 1333 to put down the [[Genkō War]] which had started in 1331. After becoming increasingly disillusioned with the Kamakura shogunate over time, Takauji joined the banished [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] and [[Kusunoki Masashige]], and seized Kyoto. Soon after, [[Nitta Yoshisada]] joined their cause, and laid siege to [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]]. When the city fell to Nitta, the [[Shikken|Shogunal regent]], Hōjō Takatoki, and his clansmen committed suicide. This ended the Kamakura shogunate, as well as the Hōjō clan's power and influence. Go-Daigo was enthroned once more as emperor, reestablishing the primacy of the Imperial court in Kyoto and starting the so-called [[Kenmu Restoration]].<ref name=Sansom2/>{{rp|15–21}}

However, shortly thereafter, the samurai clans became increasingly disillusioned with the reestablished imperial court, which sought to return to the social and political systems of the [[Heian period]]. As the new government made mistakes, Takauji gained favor among the samurai, who believed he could restore the feudal government. [[Prince Moriyoshi]], also known as Morinaga, had the favor of the imperial court and was a rival to Takauji's political ambitions. In July 1334, Takauji heard a rumor that Moriyoshi was planning to attack him, leading Takauji to send out armed men to defend his mansion. Months later, Takauji had Moriyoshi arrested and, in August 1335, had his brother [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] execute Moriyoshi. <ref name=Sansom2>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |page=34}}</ref>

[[Hōjō Tokiyuki]], son of Takatoki, took the opportunity to start the [[Nakasendai rebellion]] to try to reestablish the shogunate in Kamakura in 1335. Takauji put down the rebellion and took Kamakura for himself. Taking up the cause of his fellow samurai, he claimed the title of ''[[shōgun|Sei-i Taishōgun]]'' and allotted land to his followers without permission from the court. Takauji announced his allegiance to the imperial court, but Emperor Go-Daigo sent Nitta Yoshisada to reclaim Kamakura.<ref name=Sansom2/>{{rp|37–39}}
[[File:Takauji asikaga.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Wooden statue of Ashikaga Takauji.]]
[[File:Toujiin AshikagaTakauji haka.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tomb of Ashikaga Takauji at [[Tōji-in]] in Kyoto]]Takauji defeated Yoshisada in the battles of Sanoyama and Mishima.  This cleared the path for Takauji and Tadayoshi to march on to Kyoto.<ref name=Sansom2/>{{rp|39–41}} He captured Kyoto for a few days in February 1336, only to be driven out and fled to [[Kyūshū]] due to the arrival of forces under [[Prince Takanaga]], [[Emperor Go-Murakami|Prince Norinaga]], [[Kitabatake Akiie]] and [[Yūki Munehiro]].<ref name="Sansom2" />{{rp|43}}

After Takauji and his brother were forced to retreat to the west, he then allied himself with the clans native to Kyūshū.  After defeating the [[Kikuchi clan]] at [[Hakata Bay]] in the [[Battle of Tatarahama (1336)]], Takauji swayed many of Kikuchi's men to his side, giving Takauji control over Kyushu.<ref name="Sansom2" />{{rp|44–47}} His brother advanced simultaneously by land and both reached the environs of present-day Kobe in July.<ref name="Sansom2" />{{rp|48–50}}

At the decisive [[Battle of Minatogawa]] in 1336, Takauji defeated Yoshisada again and killed Masashige, allowing him to seize Kyoto for good. [[Emperor Kōmyō]] of the illegitimate [[Northern Court]] (see below) was installed as emperor by Takauji in opposition to the exiled [[Southern Court]], beginning the turbulent [[Nanbokuchō period|Northern and Southern Court period]] (''Nanbokuchō''), which saw two emperors fight each other and which would last for almost 60 years.<ref name="Turnbull3">{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai, A Military History |publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. |year=1977 |isbn=0026205408 |pages=102–103}}</ref>

Besides other honors, Emperor Go-Daigo had given Takauji the title of ''[[Chinjufu-shōgun]]'', or Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North, and the courtly title of the Fourth Rank, Junior Grade.<ref name="enc"/><ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 290.|page=290}}</ref> His Buddhist name was '''Tojiinden Niyama Myogi dai koji Chojuji-dono''' (等持院殿仁山妙義大居士長寿寺殿).

==Family==
'''Parents and siblings'''
* Father: Ashikaga Sadauji (足利 貞氏; 1273–1331)
* Mother: Uesugi Kiyoko (上杉 清子; 1270–1343)
* Siblings:
** Half-siblings: Ashikaga Takayoshi (足利高義; 1297–1317)
** Natural Siblings: [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] (足利 直義; 1307–1352)
'''Consorts and issue:'''
* Wife: Akahashi Toshi (赤橋 登子; 1306 – 4 May 1365)
**Son: [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]] (足利 義詮; July 4, 1330 – December 28, 1367) 
**Son: [[Ashikaga Motouji]] (足利基氏) (1340–1367)
**Daughter: Tazuō (鶴王; d.1353)
* Concubine: Kako no Tsubone 
**Son: Ashikaga Takewakamaru (足利 竹若丸; d. 1333)<ref>eldest son</ref>
*Concubine: Echizen no Tsubone (越前局)
**Illegitimate son: Ashikaga Tadafuyu (足利 直冬; 1327–1387, [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi|Ashikaga Tadayoshi's]] adopted son) 
*Concubine Unknown name
**Daughter: Unknown name (d. 2 October 1342)
**Son: Seiōmaru (聖王丸; d. 1 August 1345)
**Daughter: [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi|Ashikaga Tadayoshi's]] adopted daughter  (d.14 October 1347)
**Daughter: Unknown name
**Son: Eichu Hoshin (英仲法俊; d. 26 February 1416)

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==Timeline of shogunate==
Significant events which shaped the period during which Takauji was ''shōgun'' are:
* 1338&nbsp;– Takauji appointed ''shōgun''.<ref name="ackroyd329">Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron'', p.  329.</ref>
* 1349&nbsp;– [[Emperor Go-Murakami|Go-Murakami]] flees to A'no; [[Ashikaga Tadayoshi]] and [[Kō no Moronao]] quarrel; [[Ashikaga Motouji]], son of Takauji, appointed Kamakura [[Kanrei]]<ref name="ackroyd329"/>
* 1350&nbsp;– Tadayoshi, excluded from administration, turns priest;<ref name="ackroyd329"/> Tadayoshi's adopted son, [[Ashikaga Tadafuyu]] is wrongly repudiated as a rebel.<ref>Historiographical Institute: [http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IRIKI/ETXT/eng_text98.html "Ashikaga Tadafuyu's Call to Arms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031124/http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IRIKI/ETXT/eng_text98.html |date=2016-03-04 }}, ''Dai Nihon shi-ryō'', VI, xiv, 43.</ref>
* 1351–1358&nbsp;– Struggle for Kyoto.
* 1351&nbsp;– Tadayoshi joins [[Southern Court]], southern army takes Kyoto; truce, Takauji returns to Kyoto; Tadayoshi and Takauji reconciled; [[Kō no Moronao]] and [[Kō no Moroyasu]] are exiled.<ref name="ackroyd329"/>
* 1352&nbsp;– Tadayoshi dies, Southern army recaptures Kyoto; [[Nitta Yoshimune]] captures Kamakura; Ashikaga forces recapture Kamakura and Kyoto; Tadafuyu joins Southern Court; [[Yamana Tokiuji]] joins Tadafuyu.<ref name="ackroyd329"/>
* 1353&nbsp;– Kyoto retaken by Southern forces under Yamana Tokiuji; retaken by Ashikaga forces.<ref name="ackroyd329"/>
* 1354&nbsp;– Takauji flees with [[Emperor Go-Kōgon|Go-Kōgon]]; [[Kitabatake Chikafusa]] dies.<ref name="ackroyd329"/>
* 1355&nbsp;– Kyoto taken by Southern army; Kyoto retaken by Ashikaga forces.<ref name="ackroyd329"/>
* 1358&nbsp;– Takauji dies.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 304.|page=304}}</ref>

Takauji's son [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]] succeeded him as ''shōgun'' after his death. His grandson [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]] united the Northern and Southern courts in 1392.

== Eras of Takauji's ''bakufu'' ==
Because of the anomalous situation, which he had himself created and which saw two Emperors reign simultaneously, one in [[Yoshino, Nara|Yoshino]] and one in Kyoto, the years in which Takauji was ''shōgun'' as reckoned by the [[Gregorian calendar]] are identified in Japanese historical records by two different series of [[Japanese era name]]s (''nengō''), that following the datation used by the legitimate [[Southern Court]] and that formulated by the pretender [[Northern Court]].<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|pp. 290–304.|page=290}}</ref>

'''Eras as reckoned by the Southern Court (declared legitimate by a [[Meiji era]] decree because in possession at the time of the [[Japanese Imperial Regalia]]'''):
* ''[[Engen]]''                           (1336–1340)
* ''[[Kōkoku]]''                          (1340–1346)
* ''[[Shōhei]]''                           (1346–1370)
'''Eras as reckoned by the pretender Northern Court (declared illegitimate by a Meiji era decree because not in possession at the time of the Japanese Imperial Regalia'''):
*  ''[[Ryakuō]]''                         (1338–1342)
*  ''[[Kōei]]''                              (1342–1345)
*  ''[[Jōwa (Muromachi period)|Jōwa]]''                             (1345–1350)
*  ''Kan'ō or [[Kannō]]''             (1350–1352)
*  ''[[Bunna]]''                           (1352–1356)
*  ''[[Enbun]]''                           (1356–1361)

==Literary references==
The story of Ashikaga Takauji, Emperor Go-Daigo, Nitta Yoshisada, and Kusunoki Masashige from the Genko rebellion to the establishment of the Northern and Southern Courts is detailed in the 40 volume Muromachi period epic ''[[Taiheiki]]''.

==Honours==
*[[List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles|Junior First Rank]] (9 July 1358; posthumous)

==In popular culture==
*The 29th [[NHK]] [[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]] "''[[Taiheiki (TV series)|Taiheiki]]''" depicted the life of Takauji.
*He features in the manga [[The Elusive Samurai]] as the primary antagonist.

==Notes==
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==References==
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== Sources ==

*[[Joyce Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Joyce I.]] (1982) ''Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron.'' Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.  {{ISBN|9780702214851}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7574544 OCLC 7574544]
* Matsuo, Kenji. (1997). 中世都市鎌倉をく: 源頼朝から上杉謙信まで (''Chūsei toshi Kamakura o aruku: Minamoto no Yoritomo kara Uesugi Kenshin made''). Tokyo: Chūkō Shinsho. {{ISBN|9784121013927}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38970710 OCLC 38970710]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 585069]

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