Ashikaga clan
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Ashikaga clan (Japanese: 足利氏, Ashikaga-shi) was a famous Japanese clan who established the Muromachi shogunate and begame the Shogunate during the Muromachi era. Ashikaga is a branch of Minamoto clan from Shimotsuke Kuni, Ashikaga Shyou (Present day, Tochigi Prefecture, Ashikaga City).
It has many famous branch 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.
Another Ashikaga clan, derived from Fujiwara line also exists (see "See Also" for link).
