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	Ashikaga, Tochigi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ashikaga (Japanese: 足利市, Ashikaga-shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
		Ashikaga is home to Ashikaga Kogyō Fūzoku Daigaku Kōkō (Ashikodai) boys' high school, as well as Ashikaga Tanki Fūzoku Daigaku Kōkō (Ashitandai) girls' high school.
		Ashikaga is also home to Ashikaga Gakkō, referred to as the oldest school in Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashikaga (158 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kinship and descent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A clan is a descent group that claims common descent from an apical ancestor but cannot demonstrate it (stipulated descent).
		A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor.
		Clan map of Scotland Scottish clans give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kinship-and-descent (1487 words)

	Ashikaga clan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ashikaga clan (Japanese: 足利氏, Ashikaga-shi) was a famous Japanese clan who established the Muromachi shogunate.
		It was a branch of the Minamoto family and many famous clans came from there including Hosokawa, Imagawa, Kira, Shiba, and Isshiki.
		After the head family of the Minamoto clan died out during the early Kamakura period, the Ashikaga clan was often considered as the head of Minamoto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashikaga_clan (89 words)

	Iai-Do History
		He defeated the Taira clan in 1185 and became the ruler of the country, officially receiving the title of shogun in 1192 formalizing his position of head of the bakufu.
		It was during this period; with the constant rivalry between the Taira and the Minamoto families that the samurai rose as a privileged class among the Japanese society.
		Ashikaga Shogunate or also known as Ashikaga Bakufu (1336~1573) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga clan or family.
	www.bushikan.com /Iaido/IaiDoHistory.htm (1071 words)

	Ashikaga Takauji
		His clan, the Ashikaga, was of Seiwa Genji stock, the same branch of the Minamoto family that had produced Yoritomo.
		By 1331 the Ashikaga had grown and branched out, with Ashikaga lines to be found in Mutsu, Shimotsuke, Kozuke, Sagami, Mikawa, Mimasaka, and the Kinai region, under such later familiar names as Imagawa, Hosokawa, Hatakeyama, and Shiba.
		Aware that at least part of Ashikaga's army would be approaching by boat, Yoshisada was forced to position part of his army along the coast from the mouth of the Minatogawa east some miles to the mouth of the Ikutagawa.
	www.samurai-archives.com /takauji.html (3678 words)

	Encyclopedia of Japanese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Each clan was headed by a patriarch who performed sacred rites to the clan's kami to ensure the long-term welfare of the clan.
		Clan members were the aristocracy, and the kingly line that controlled the Yamato court was at its pinnacle.
		But some at the Yamato court --- such as the Nakatomi family, which was responsible for performing Shinto rituals at court, and the Mononobe, a military clan --- were set on maintaining their prerogatives and resisted the alien religious influence of Buddhism.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/k.html (3250 words)

	Japanese medieval history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ashikaga clan moved the capital to Muromachi in 1394.
		Ashikaga Yoshimoshi (1386-1428) introduced a peaceful period, interrupted momentarily by a war close to Kyôto in the middle of the 15th century.
		The blades reduced in length during the first period of peace, and the sori (curve) changed to be able to take his sword and kill in one move (spirit of the iai jutsu).
	www.isuga.org /japan1/page4.htm (657 words)

	Ashikaga, Tochigi - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ashikaga (足利市; -shi) is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
		Ashikaga is home to Ashikaga Kogyou Fuuzoku Daigaku Koukou (Ashikodai) boys high school, as well as Ashikaga Tanki Fuuzoku Daigaku Koukou (Ashitandai) girls high school.
		Ashikaga is also home to Ashikaga Gakko, referred to as the oldest school in Japan.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Ashikaga,_Tochigi (149 words)

	Real-life Samurai Legends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ashikaga clan was one hell of an army in itself; no wonder Emperor Go-Daigo won this war.
		Ashikaga fled -- to mend the clan's wounds and prepare another shower of attacks.
		In 1336, the Ashikaga army was there again for all to see; and it had transformed itself into one killing machine that no one could stop.
	www.geocities.com /azuchiwind/samurai2.htm (1495 words)

	Ashikaga Takauji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ashikaga Takauji destroyed the Hojo Shikken, which in turn, made the dream of Imperial restoration, but then he eliminated that dream in a war that would divide the Court in half, and the country would then be under the control of a new warrior government.
		The Ashikaga clan, which Takauji belonged to and the leader of, was of Seiwa Genji stock, the same branch of the Minamoto family that had produced Yoritomo.
		Takauji himself spent the next three years reorganizing his administration and was considering the idea of personally leading a campaign to Kyushu against the Shibuya family when he fell ill and died on 8 June 1358.
	home.earthlink.net /~beq/fj/Ashikaga_Takauji.html (477 words)

	City of Springfield, Illinois - International Cities Relationships
		The cities of Ashikaga, Japan and San Pedro, Mexico are Sister Cities with Springfield.
		Ashikaga is a city located in the southern most point of Tochigi prefecture, approximately 80 kilometers north of Tokyo.
		Ashikaga city has long been known for its textile industry, but it has recently gained a reputation as a general, commercial and industrial city, centering on aluminum, metal, machine and plastic industries.
	www.springfield.il.us /Sister/City.htm (394 words)

	Gaming World // Articles - Culture of Japan — The Feudal Era
		The Ashikaga Clan drove Go-Daigo from the capitol of Kyoto and for over fifty-years fought him and his descendants, but in 1392, the Ashikaga Shogunate convinced Go-Daigo to give them the Crown Jewels and other imperial treasures, thus making the Ashikaga Clan the rulers of Japan.
		Ashikaga’s expensive pastimes were being taken out on the peasants, and they were forced to pay for his arts and parties.
		The daimyo were the Mori Clan, the Shimazu Clan, the Oda Clan, the Takeda Clan, the Imagawa Clan, the Uesugi Clan, and the Hojo Clan.
	www.gamingw.net /articles/100 (1694 words)

	Art and architecture of Japan Article, ArtandarchitectureJapan Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In thestate that emerged under the leadership of the Tokugawa clan, organized religion played a much less important role in people's lives, and the arts that survived wereprimarily secular.
		In 1180 a civil war broke out between two military clans, the Taira and the Minamoto ; five years later the Minamoto emerged victorious and established a de facto seatof government at the seaside village of Kamakura, where itremained until 1333.
		The Ashikaga military clan took control of the shogunate and moved its headquarters back to Kyoto, to the Muromachi district ofthe city.
	www.anoca.org /period/painting/art_and_architecture_of_japan.html (3987 words)

	Ashikaga clan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ashikaga clan (足利氏 Ashikaga-shi) was a famous (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japanese clan who established the (Click link for more info and facts about Muromachi shogunate) Muromachi shogunate.
		It was a branch of the (Click link for more info and facts about Minamoto) Minamoto family and many famous clans came from there including (Click link for more info and facts about Hosokawa) Hosokawa, (Click link for more info and facts about Imagawa) Imagawa, Kira, Shiba and Isshiki.
		After the head family of the Minamoto clan died out during the early (Click link for more info and facts about Kamakura period) Kamakura period, the Asikaga clan was often considered as the head of Minamoto.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/as/ashikaga_clan.htm (135 words)

	Shoguns and the Warring States of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This was based on the most sensible and practical consideration, namely that you better not risk pissing off a man with a hundred thousand soldiers solidly behind him (click here for story and pictures of how Japanese warlords got their armies, and what they did with them).
		Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki who took up the title after his brother Yoshiteru was murdered in 1568 was a homeless nomad, seeking temporary sanctuary with friendly warlords whom he never lost a chance to agitate to start another war for the seriously ailing shogunate.
		Ashikaga Yoshiaki was the last Shogun of his clan.
	uk.geocities.com /rainforestwind/shoguns.htm (3078 words)

	:: Yamauchi-ha Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu Iaijutsu :: Samurai Indonesia - Japan and the Samurai Warrior (593-1877 A.D.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1336, the Ashikaga Shogunate, under the leadership of Takauji, who proclaimed himself Shogun in 1338, rose to power and remained for 238 years, that is until 1574.
		One of the Ashikaga Shoguns in fact attempted to curry favor with the Mings by proclaiming himself a liegeman of the Ming Emperor.
		In 1575, Nobunaga famously broke the power of the Takeda Clan, under Takeda Katsuyori, in the Battle at Nagashino, and, although the Takeda continued to trouble him until their final destruction in 1582, the Nagashino victory, every bit as strategically crucial as Okehazama, strengthened Nobunaga’s political position.
	www.samurai.or.id /php/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=21 (4975 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Here are notes on the leaders of some of the major Japanese daimyo clans, who were more or less indpendent during the decline of the Ashikaga Shogunate in the 15th and 16th centuries.
		After the fall of the Ashikaga in 1573, these clans were entirely independent and waged war on one another to gain the shogunate for themselves.
		After his death the Toyotomi clan continued the process but were displaced by the rise of the Tokugawa.
	www.hostkingdom.net /japan.html (1199 words)

	History of Japan/Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Initially local military leaders, both clans were drawn into court politics.
		His sons were first dominated, then eliminated, by the Hojo clan, which from 1203 held the position of shikken (shogunal regent).
		The Ashikaga reached the height of their power under the third shogun, Yoshimitsu (r.
	www.shotokai.cl /otros_datos/japan_history.html (3955 words)

	SARUDAMA.COM: Japanese Movie Reviews: Onibaba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ashikaga shogunate army is warring against the Kusunoki shogunate, and each have now installed their own emperor, resulting in a civil schism among the nation's allegiances.
		In 1338 Ashikaga Takauji was nominated Shogunate and civil war commenced throughout Japan as he tried to solidify the nation's allegiance with Kyoto.
		Both the Ashikaga and Kusunoki armies employed forced conscripts, mainly peasants and farmers, who found themselves on the battlefield without proper equipment fighting potentially well-trainined soldiers.
	www.sarudama.com /movies/onibaba.shtml (1770 words)

	Beneath the Boughs of a Sakura
		Yet the rainfall was seemingly held at bay out of sheer respect to the Ashikaga Clan, one of Japan's foremost families.
		Ashikaga's most promising samurai prepared himself for a task he was certain he would regret.
		Trained virtually from birth to serve their clans, their prowess honed to perfection, these two warriors were the personification of the Shogunate devotion.
	www.fortunecity.com /westwood/saintlaurent/603/sakura.html (4633 words)

	Muromachi and Ashikaga
		Although the Ashikaga clan occupied the shogunate for nearly 200 years, they never succeeded in extending their political or social control as far as did the
		where the Ashikaga clan headquarters was located) and Ashikaga are being distinguished here for the purpose of separating the cultural aspects of the period more clearly from the political aspects of the shogunate.
		Death does not even come from the front… All men know of death, but they do not expect it of a sudden…” The one exception to this would be the samurai, who spent his life expecting death, not only in battle, but by poison and ninja (more so in the Sengoku).
	www.samurai-archives.com /maa.html (1930 words)

	Feudalism in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ashikaga were even less able to control the monasteries and the local daimyo.
		Violence in Japan continued, although the Ashikaga nominally had power in Japan until the late 1500's.
		Send it in as soon as it is all complete, so you can receive the answer key with ample time to correct your misunderstandings before the test.
	www.mdlp.org /members/courses/ss21/unit07/feudalism.htm (489 words)

	Samurai Matsuri: A Live Role-Playing Game by Amy Creamer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the Ashikaga shogunate, Japan was torn by the civil wars of feudal lords and leagues of villages.
		A century of civil war saw the introduction of firearms from the west, construciton of massive castles, and a shift from calvary sword and bow fighting to pikes and guns.
		Oda Nobunaga, a minor leader of a minor clan established Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last puppet Ashikaga shogun, just to depose of him when he saw his chance for personal power.
	luxnova.home.mindspring.com /samuraigame/6b.html (1013 words)

	Samurai History Summary
		Acting as regents to the shoguns, the Hojo family ruled behind the scenes for over a century, but were eventually toppled by the Ashikaga clan in 1338.
		Although the Ashikaga shoguns were literate men and patrons of the arts, they were weak militarily.
		Discontented factions and ambitious warlords took advantage of the lack of central authority during Ashikaga rule to advance their causes.
	www.bookrags.com /history/worldhistory/samurai/05.html (532 words)

	Pictures and Profiles of Oda Nobunaga's Generals & Captains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Shibata clan was formidable, and Katsuie himself was the strongest of Oda Generals.
		He used to be the most loyal follower of the Ashikaga clan, even as the Ashikaga Shoguns in his lifetime -- Yoshiteru and Yoshiaki -- happened to be the worst of the stock.
		Then Ashikaga began his conspiracies with everybody to wage war and/or assasinate Oda Nobunaga -- with the Takeda clan, Mori clan, warrior-monks, anybody as long as they were not at Oda's side.
	www.geocities.com /azuchiwind/oda13.htm (2722 words)

	Japan Omnibus - History - Early Japanese History
		After a period of corruption under the Fujiwara and later the Taira clan, who effectively ruled the country as regents, Japan entered a medieval period of feudalism and saw the advent of a samurai (warrior) class.
		In 1185, the Minamoto clan (also known as the Genji) established military rule after destroying the Taira clan at the epic Battle of Dannoura on the Inland Sea.
		But the emperor, too, was lacking in foresight and in turn was overthrown by the Ashikaga clan and military rule restored, this time from Kyoto.
	www.japan-zone.com /omnibus/history1.shtml (1044 words)

	OsakaPrints.com (Glossary)
		At first only males were geisha (see taikomochi), but the first female was reputedly the former yujô (prostitute) Kasen of the Ôgiya in Edo's Yoshiwara, who had paid off all her debts and began an entertainment business around 1761.
		Genji: The Minamoto clan, which fought against the Heike (Taira) clan during the Genpei wars and eventually defeated them at the battle of Dannoura in western Honshû in 1185.
		The Ashikaga, Takeda, and Tokugawa families all made claims to the Genji lineage.
	www.osakaprints.com /content/information/glossary.htm (8846 words)

	Emperor Komyo of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Emperor Kōmyō (光明天皇) (January 11, 1322 - July 26, 1380) was the second of the Ashikaga Pretenders, although he was actually the first to be supported by the Ashikaga Bakufu.
		On November 18, 1348, he abdicated to the eldest son of his older brother, the former claimant to the throne Kōgon, who became the Northern Pretender Sukō.
		In 1352, taking advantage of the Kan'ō Disturbance, a family feud in the Ashikaga clan, the Southern Emperor Go-Murakami entered Kyoto, capturing it and carrying away Kōmyō along with Kōgon and Sukō and the Crown Prince.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Emperor-Komyo-of-Japan.htm (269 words)

	WebMuseum: Muromachi Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the Muromachi period (1338-1573), also called the Ashikaga period, a profound change took place in Japanese culture.
		The Ashikaga military clan took control of the shogunate and moved its headquarters back to Kyoto, to the Muromachi district of the city.
		With the return of government to the capital, the popularizing trends of the Kamakura period came to an end, and cultural expression took on a more aristocratic, elitist character.
	www.ibiblio.org /wm/paint/tl/japan/muromachi.html (474 words)

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