Ashikaga
Americannoun
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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
Another reason which the Ashikaga Shogunate had in view in changing its seat, was that a great apprehension which had been entertained by the former Shogunate, would thereby cease.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro
They heaped, therefore, on the successive Shoguns of the Ashikaga family titles of high-sounding honour, much higher than those with which the Shoguns of Kamakura had been invested.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro
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