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Ashikaga Takauji
was the founder and
first
shogun
of the
Ashikaga shogunate
. His rule began in 1338, beginning the
Muromachi period
of
Japan
, and ended with his death in 1358. He was a 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
.
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