Ashikaga

American  

[ah-shee-kah-gah] / ˈɑ ʃiˈkɑ gɑ /

noun

1. a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns 1338–1573.

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Example Sentences

One of the strongest of these demands was that the Ashikaga shoguns prevent Japanese pirates from preying on China and its vassal state of Korea, which the Japanese rulers were unable to do.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

As per usual, the Achilles’ heel is the guest interview—in this case, conducted by Malina with The West Wing’s editor, Janet Ashikaga.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2021

As a child in Ashikaga, Japan, Kasahara would catch fish or make chicken skewers for his lunch.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2019

Not only Buddhist and Confucian classics, and works of purely literary character, especially poetical works and books on versification, but several medical works also were reprinted and issued in the later Ashikaga age.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro

The growth of the cities of Sakai and Yamaguchi is of rather later origin, dating from the middle of the Ashikaga age.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro