The Ashikaga shogunate was a dynasty started
from one of the excess of Japanese daimyōs which
ruled Japan from the year 1338 through 1573. This was the time in which Oda
Nobunaga overthrew Ashikaga
Yoshiaki. The rulers of government were the shoguns where each
one was an associate of the Ashikaga
clan. They are best described as a regional multi state system centered in
Kyoto.
