History of the Ashikaga Clan

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This month it was voted that we will be diving into the history of the Ashikaga clan, the famous rulers of Japan's important second Shogunate!
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[@azarishiba2559]

About the Ashikaga, I know 2 interesting stories: The first one is about the reason why Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the 8th Muromachi shogun, wanted to retire his position. He was actually eager to govern Japan as the shogun and had good intentions. But his wife, Hino Tomiko and her family, would meddle with his job many times. Apparently, Hino clan wanted power too, and through Tomiko they saw his opportunity. But their intromision in Yoshimasa's matters wore him out of patience, and then, he said enough. So yeah, it was his wife who actually took his eagerness to do something as a shogun, and then he decided to retire. Coincidentally, after Yoshimasa appointed his brother as the next shogun, Hino Tomiko would give birth to Yoshihisa, Yoshimasa's son. Then, Hino clan would ask for help to Yamana Souzen in order to make Yoshihisa the next shogun instead of Yoshimi. In other words, the reason for the Ounin Rebelion and the subsequent 150-years Sengoku Era... was a henpecked husband losing his patience XD XD The second story is about the last moments of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the 13th Muromachi shogun. He was actually quite effective as a shogun, but also a master swordman, one of the best of the era. He was known as the Swordman Shogun because of that. Well, when Matsunaga Hisahide and the Miyoshi Triumvirate tried to get rid of Yoshiteru, he didn't go peacefully. He would take dozens of swords and plung them on the floor and walls of his palace. When Miyoshi and Hisahide's men pursued the Shogun inside his palace, well, Yoshiteru would take one plunged sword and fight against some of his pursuers and stab them, then grab the next sword and fight other pursuers and so on. It was EPIC. Sadly he was too tired and his pursuers were so many that he decided finally to commit seppuku. With better allies and circumstances, Yoshiteru could actually have suceeded in restoring power to the Ashikaga Shogunate. In the crazy game Sengoku BASARA 4, Yoshiteru is depicted as a master of various weapons, and his main weapon is a shaku batton-shaped sort of swiss-knife that can turn into a sword, a spear and a bow. This game turns him into in an interesting composite character of Yoshiteru AND Yoshimasa, having actually created Sengoku Era just because Muromachi Era was boring and he wanted a challenge (yeah, it sounds crazy and epic). The reason why I'm talking about this incarnation, it's because his BASARA attack (something equivalent to the Musou ultimate in Samurai Warriors franchise) depict real Yoshiteru's last moments, but turned up to eleven: he throws his shaku to the air, then it rains WEAPONS on the ground: katanas, spears and more, and then he grabs and discards several of them, using them in impossible ways (3 swords in each hand, SHOOTING 5 KATANAS WITH A BOW, 4 spears in each hand, then using several spears tied one another as gigantic whips and then throwing them). That's a really cool depiction of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, if I may say.

[@azarishiba2559]

See it to believe it yourself! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5bKg2eErMlgeac

[@manjitahzan9577]

Yoshiteru Ashikaga was trained by Nobutsuna Kamiizumi, one of the greatest Kensei or what do we call Sword Saint. He was my favourite Ashikaga Shogun.

[@marcelostalker]

Hum, I had no idea the family still existed, I thought they faded away after Nobunaga banished Yoshiaki from the capital. Interesting video as usual, thanks for making it, and for the patreons to keep this going. Gonna leave a like right there, have a nice day.

[@neroatlas9121]

Hate to spoil it to you but the kitsuregawa were descendant from the oyumi and koga ashikaga, which split off during the period of ashikaga takauji, ngl they were actually more interesting then the mainline ashikaga to some extent.

[@sengokusanada2690]

I can't what for the Sanada clan, keep up the good work!

[@sahipkran9447]

Such a minor clan shouldn't get its own video :)))

[@Justin-ym5ce]

Your content is absolutely great and so well done, honestly think you’d be way bigger if more people were actually into this kinda stuff. I love it and so many of us, keep it up!!!

[@Infinitebrandon]

He's almost got 100k subscribers. He'll get that award soon. Didn't take him long either

[@maameesi473]

Sooo True. This is amazing but it seems so few of us appreciate!!!

[@maameesi473]

Sooo True. This is amazing but it seems so few of us appreciate!!!

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

It's impressive how some of these clans are still around. Sorta sad that the direct male line of the Ashikaga died in 1983... But you did said that they're still around regardless of that Ashikaga's death.

[@bkjeong4302]

Just about all the really big samurai clans live on: even the Takeda aren’t fully gone (though the family name has died out) as there are living descendants.

[@yousefshahin2654]

I guess it would have been better in an earlier part of the Sengkou Jidai series when the Ashikaga still existed :)

[@thepunadude]

BINGO!

[@FortuneZer0]

@@thepunadude What has a province to do with this?

[@gilet102]

@@FortuneZer0 LMFAO there’s a province named BINGO in Japan? If there is I’m 80% that wasn’t what he was referring to.

[@Genrikh_Yagoda]

Heh, still waiting for my turn Comrade. The Uesugi are coming next, right?

[@TheShogunate]

Needs to be voted on by my patreon.

[@johannestynjala6299]

Back from the dead Kagekatsu-sama? XD

[@Genrikh_Yagoda]

@@johannestynjala6299 Sure, came to see what became of Japan after my death, and I'm pleasantly surprised at what I see.

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

@@Genrikh_Yagoda surprised by what exactly, Kagekatsu-ko?

[@Genrikh_Yagoda]

@@thedragonofechigo7878 Kenshin-sama? My renowned father, and an incredible general, yet I see that your pfp is the mon of the Ogigayatsu Clan.

[@victorhino26]

If you wondering what happened to the Kubo Ashikaga or the branch of the Ashikaga that stayed in Kanto region,they don't fare really well too. Their most notable feat during Sengoku jidai is being absolutely clattered alongside the Ogigayatsu&Yamanouchi Uesugi and the Mariyatsu, by the Hojo during Tsunashige and Ujiyasu Hojo's famous night ambush in Kawagoe castle. Before eventually being pitied by the Toyotomi as mentioned in the later part of the video.

[@neroatlas9121]

Actually theyre the ones that became the kitsuregawa clan, not the shogun branch.

[@sukitron5415]

​@@neroatlas9121that branch was pretty cool they're descended from the last koga Kubo who was actually a woman

[@neroatlas9121]

@@sukitron5415 and the grandson of the Oyumi Kubo btw. So, Ashikaga Yoshaki(not the shogun) separated from the koga ashikaga and formed the oyumi ashikaga. He then expands his influence until he loses the first battle of konodai and dies. But his second son is grabbed by his musician and taken to safety where he becomes a retainer under the satomi. When hideyoshi invaded the Hojo. That son marched back into Oyumi and restored the post of the Oyumi Kubo, for like a couple months. He then marries his cousin ig, and thats how they formed the Kitsuregawa clan. (If you ever play the Hojo clan in the 1934 Nobunaga's ambition SOI start date, you'll get a questline for the first battle of konodai. Yoshiaki will appear, and if you check the satomi in later start dates, you will notice yoshiaki's son amongst the Satomi Officers.)

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

Ah, the legendary Ashikaga clan, founded by Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, grandson of the great Minamoto no Yoshiie. Takauji actually has ties to the Uesugi clan as well since his father, Sadauji had a child(Takauji) with Uesugi Kiyoko, the daughter of Uesugi Yorishige (grandfather of Takauji), who, himself was son of the founder of the Uesugi clan, Uesugi Shigefusa. I definitely think the Ashikaga Bakufu began to fall in power after the death of the 6th Shogun, Yoshinori. After that, the bakufu relied on powerful allies entirely unlike the Tokugawa who had absolute sovereignty even on thier own without heavy reliance on Daimyo. Thank you as always for this.

[@robertroundtree3759]

Amazing content like always man

[@matthewct8167]

Great content as always!

[@luisfelipesilvasampaio7922]

great video!! make one about the asakura, miura or daihoji clans!!!

[@King_Steffon_II]

Perfect video as usual my brother. Please do an in-depth video on the Nanbokucho Period🙏

[@jankramolis8658]

Nice video. Ashikaga are indeed interesting clan. I hope the next video will be about Sekigahara, cause I'm very excited about this

[@yoshimitsu8922]

I named my account after Yoshimitsu the Tekken character. But I had no idea the name also belonged to a great Shogun!

[@chinny18]

Just watched Kings and General's overview of Battle of Nagashino and I find that it wasn't as fully focused than The Shogunate's full episode of the battle plus he added the aftermath up until the Honnoji incident. Plus it added Yasuke as I notice the addition due to the sponsor of the episode. The Shogunate's video on Yasuke is a must-watch if anyone wants to know about Yasuke. This is a good overview of the Ashikaga clan. I would say that they're very fortunate that after their powers weakened during the Sengoku Jidai, they were focused on the expansion of the family. It's hard to judge which of the modern families have lines from the Ashikaga but there will be one.

[@spacewargamer4181]

Thanks a lot for the video!

[@zerophoenix8312]

For 200 years the Ashikaga Shogun ruled from Kyoto, great splendor and power were theirs...

[@kamikazefilmproductions]

Hello, i was wondering if you can do some research of the senda clan. This clan is my family’s clan and i have no clue about it. I would be upmost grateful even if i can get the family “mon”. I tried doing the research myself and couldn’t find much. So I thought I could turn to an expert in Japanese culture and history for clues and answers.

[@TheShogunate]

Sorry for the late reply, I found some things about the Senda that I can ping you with on Discord.

[@victorsanchez5336]

@@TheShogunatehello. Would be willing to make a video regarding the rivalry during the Asuka period between the Shinto Clans, Mononobe, Nakatomi against the Buddhist Soga Clan.

[@user-jo6nr3zg3p]

This video is been what I’ve been wanting forever I’m so happy it fantasy happened!😄

[@jacobdarling1524]

Samurai: the Emperor is a divine being!! The Emperor: can I make some decisions? Samurai: No

[@EnoshII]

Emperor: well I will do it anyway! Samurai: *Surprised pikachu face*

[@npalmi88]

Those drawing things they did are so cool, it’s like they were trying to take an overall photograph of their society to save for posterity. Edit: Please cover the introduction of horses to Japan.

[@just_radical]

Focusing only on the Shogun line huh? So can we expect a later video on the Kanto Kubo side of the Ashikaga?

[@jimross7648]

Very interesting put much into context.

[@sigmundsamte115]

The actual video starts at 1:10

[@-RONNIE]

I really like these series keep up the good videos 👍🏻 I was wondering if you could do famous sword makers as a series. I've been trying to get information but sometimes it's unreliable

[@TheMetalHeadbangger]

This!

[@jamesyork3125]

I love this channel, it's my favorite.

[@joaopedrolima904]

The major Common Clan theme of nobunaga ambition iron triangle in the intro 😍. Please make a Review of nobunaga ambition iron triangle 🙏

[@jarek94cze]

Great video. Love japanese history. Commenting for algorithm gods.

[@optivion]

Great history!!!

[@bastianopkph6651]

The backsound is from Nobunaga ambition iron triangle PS 2... i know it because im addiiiiiictif to all KOEI strategic game

[@theMOCmaster]

nanbokucho period is really interesting, I have heard the yoshino area is rebellious ever since such as the Tenchūgumi no Ran and the southern claimants re-emerged after ww2.

[@devingunnels3251]

That's not all of Yoshimitsu's achievements: he is also featured in both the Tekken and Soul Calibur series

[@MWH12085]

I'd like to hear about The Sanada

[@popoponpon]

馬に乗ってる肖像画は足利尊氏ではないですよ

[@luisfelipesilvasampaio7922]

where do you get those images? they are amazing!

[@hanchiman]

Ashikaga bloodline officially ended with Yoshiteru, the last Shogun who basically know how to swing a sword and also brave to the bitter end. After his death the rest of the Ashikaga shogunate was a joke

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

Pretty sure it ended with the exile of Yoshiaki by Nobunaga due to the establishment of the Anti-nobunaga network, considering that Yoshiaki sent out written requests to Daimyo to go to war with Nobunaga although he did build a Shogunate while in exile. He didn't officially resign from the role of Seii-taishogun until 1588, 15 years before Ieyasu would be awarded that position in 1603 which would be the beginning of the longest and strongest shogunate out of the 3 that ruled throughout history. The real decline of the Bakufu started after the death of Yoshinori.

[@hanchiman]

@@thedragonofechigo7878 I know. Just want to say Yoshiteru was more of warrior shogun and if he still survived. Maybe Ashikaga would survived longer

[@thedragonofechigo7878]

@@hanchiman perhaps but maybe it would've resulted in a longer period of war. I will say, he did work as hard as possible to restore the power of the shogunate and the absolute authority of the Shogun. He mediated with such well respected and know Daimyo such as Date Harumune and Date Tanemune, Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Masatora (Kenshin), Shimazu Takahisa, Otomo Yoshishige(Sorin) and Mori Motonari. Really well established Daimyo and one of the finest examples of Gekoku-jo Plus he did give a part of his name to Daimyo such as Uesugi Terutora(Kenshin), Date Terumune, Ashikaga Teruuji and Mori Terumoto. So he was respected that even Nobunaga and Kenshin travleld to Kyoto to see him while Otomo Yoshishige sent him rifles. So in a sense, you are right. He was the last true Ashikaga Shogun who did care about the restoration of the shogunate and authority of the Shogun.

[@neroatlas9121]

The kitsuregawa werent from the mainline ashikaga family, they were descendants from the ashikaga yoshiaki oyumi kubo, not to be confused with the ashikaga yoshiaki that nobunaga helped restore (check battle of konodai video) and the koga ashikaga branch, they branched off back in takauji's days.

[@minamotonokuroyoshitsune3237]

Oh yes my favorite clan!

[@RoninYoshimasa]

This is were I got my screen name from. You earned a sub.

[@maximus0928]

Every time I hear this clan name, I think of the intro to the first shogun total war

[@carloseduardoashikaga4681]

Thank you for telling my family's story. Today, we have descendants of the Ashikaga clan in Brazil.

[@anandgupta1989]

Please do a video on chosokabe clan

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

LETSSS GO!!!

[@jacobjett5783]

Overall good work. However, you could have gone into a lot more detail vis-a-vis all of the Ashikaga family infighting that occurred. Infighting is the real reason theirs was a weak regime. (It also ultimately led to the downfall of all of the important families around them.)

[@coleburns5497]

Hello! If you were (hypothetically speaking) making a manga based on the sengoku jidai! Like kingdom or The Ravages of Time; where & when would you start it?

[@LuisLopez-zh9kh]

Yoshiteru was OG 😎

[@iamjoeysteel]

I'm curious how clans and sub clans gained favor over others. Is it donations? Public speaking? What are some examples of clans doing something to gain favor other than sending troups in aid of something.

[@spacewargamer4181]

I guess that is more about bloodlines and favors done in war times

[@safruddinaly5822]

This guy remind me of Tokugawa, in his amazing on politics and grand games of scheme

[@darkkiller9996]

You didn't talk about their kamon and its origin

[@shinsenshogun900]

one thing is certain: this is not the only clan that bears this common kamon

[@Zee200]

I hope somebody gonna make another samurai game so everybody gonna hype up all again like the old day😄

[@gerbongtua1450]

Pls add substitle

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

Ha! I don't need VPNs to watch samurai movies, I just outright pirate them!

[@brentwyrick3300]

What about the Koga Ashikaga? Or The Oyumi Ashikaga?

[@kuchom]

ah yes the ashikaga, or as I like to call them when playing oda or hattori, free money machine

[@hiphop2u]

On my new Nobunaga Ambition RTP play through, I’m starting as the ashikaga I’m 1551. For my immersive play style, I’m going to try and marry alliance their biggest Allies, whilst unifying Japan while keeping as many alliances as I can to stay canon-true. Finna right these niggas wrongs Lmao! Play nobunaga before he plays me 😂

[@Dohboy1619]

Mori next? 🥺

[@matthewakagi]

4:01

[@johannes9653]

It is not underwhelming to be Shoguns for 237 years like the Ashikaga-Muromachi. The MInamoto/Hojo-Kamakura lasted for 130 years while the Tokugawa-Edo for the longest @ 265 years.

[@wadepsilon01]

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was banished from Kyoto in 1573. However, even after his banishment, he continued to serve as shogun until his resignation in 1588

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

I just realised that KZbin has mysteriously unsubbed me from you. I was wondering why I you supposedly had not uploaded in a year!

[@conradojavier7547]

Bill Wurtz brought me to the Ashikaga War between Team Uncle vs Team Nephew, Vote now on your Phones.

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Wu Tang next

[@charliewhite578]

the Kanto Kubo Ashikaga Clan still exists.

[@theuniverse5173]

Why do most clans icons look like mordern company logos

[@yukarimaedatvakahoneylemoncoup]

This for ancestors of Japanese and these clan without leader on battle

[@yamatoking]

There’s a new samurai clan the 安藤會 .

[@toddgaines8476]

U E S U G I

[@MCorpReview]

Aiyah if they were total fleabags, they would never have been shoguns for so many generations. I mean toyotomi and Odas rocked but they only ruled for blink of an eye. Hail ashikaga!!! There’s a Japanese restaurant with their name in Bangkok but unfortunately the sengoku Asian financial crisis hit, and they r no more. Hmm 🤔 in most other versions, I heard yoshimutse turned on the yoshino line when they submitted and forced their heir ikkyu into monk hood. Guess this is one of those rashomon Japanese multi verse thingies.

[@joaomanoel3197]

🇧🇷👍🏻👍🏻

[@wavemaker2077]

Can they beat the Uchiha clan? I don't think so.

[@kapitan19969838]

I am the 100th like!

[@cameronfarrow138]

if I was a samurai I would be the first samurai to use a podao a Chinese polarm that looked like a naginata but had a longer pole but longer blade than a naginata kinda like a glave that guan yu had

[@Arriss2121]

Pagggg

[@yousefshahin2654]

4th

[@sengokusanada2690]

195th

[@yousefshahin2654]

@@sengokusanada2690 lol

[@oscarbarrett5620]

can we get a history of deeze nuts