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 | | Headed by the shoguns (military dictators) of the Ashikaga family, the Ashikaga shogunate was the second shogunate to rule Japan, ruling the country from 1338 to 1573. |
 | | The Ashikaga shogunate was the weakest of Japan's three shogunates, but for a brief period in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, oversaw a flourishing of culture and the arts matched only by the Heian Era and the mid Edo Era. |
 | | The Ashikaga shogunate was founded by the warlord Ashikaga Takauchi, the scion of a branch line of the legendary Minamoto clan who rose up against the Hojo shogunate in 1333 in support of the attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to return the reins of power to the imperial house. |
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