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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358 - 1408) was the 3rd Ashikaga shogun who
reigned from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimochi
was the son of the 2nd shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira.
After the death of his father Yoshiakira in 1367, Yoshimitsu became Seii
Taishogun in the next year. Yoshimitsu constructed his residence in the
Muromachi section in the capital of Kyoto in 1378. In Japanese, the name of
the Ashikaga shogunate and corresponding time period is always referred to
as the Muromachi shogunate and Muromachi period.
Yoshimitsu united the Northern and Southern Court (Nanboku-cho) in 1392,
ending the over 50 year long Northern and Southern Court Period. This
finally firmly established the authority of the Muromachi shogunate and
suppressed the power of the regional daimyo.
In 1494, Yoshimitsu retired and his son became the 4th shogun Ashikaga
Yoshimochi. However, Yoshimitsu still maintained authority over the
shogunate until his death in 1408.
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