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The Muromachi period is a division of Japanese
history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the
governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga Shogunate which was officially
established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Takauji. The
Muromachi period is also referred to as the Ashikaga period. The period
ended in 1573 when the 15th and last shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki was driven out
of the capital in Kyoto by Oda Nobunaga.
The Muromachi period gets its name from the Muromachi area of Kyoto
where the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established his residence.
The early years of 1336 to 1392 of the Muromachi period is also known
as the Nanboku-cho or Northern and Southern Court period.
The later years of 1467 to the end of the Muromachi period is also
known as the Sengoku Period.
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