Ashikaga
[ ah-shee-kah-gah ]
noun
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns 1338–1573.
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How to use Ashikaga in a sentence
The tendency of the Ashikaga times was to encourage individual ambition.
Japan | VariousHe escaped to the province of Kawachi, and the supremacy of the Ashikaga family came to an end.
Japan | VariousSoon, however, the armies of Ashikaga overran Echizen, and Yoshisada fell in battle.
Japan | VariousThey were of the same blood as Nitta and Ashikaga and of the clan of Minamoto.
Japan | VariousIndeed, the Ashikaga move through Japanese history against a background of mikados.
An Artist's Letters From Japan | John La Farge
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