*Murdoch's History of Japan.
ENGRAVING: KOZUKA AND MENUKI (SWORD FURNITURE)
CHAPTER XXXI
THE FALL OF THE ASHIKAGA
TWO BRANCHES OF THE ASHIKAGA
THE Ashikaga family was divided into two main branches, both descended from Takauji. The representatives of one, the senior, branch had their headquarters at Muromachi in Kyoto and held the office of shogun as a hereditary right. There were fifteen generations:
Name Born Succeeded Abdicated Died
(1) Takauji 1305 1338 …. 1358
(2) Yoshiakira 1330 1358 1367 1368
(3) Yoshimitsu 1358 1367 1395 1408