Historicl Origins of Modern Japan Presentation

1. Historical Origins of
Modern Japan
Takauji Ashikaga, Kanno Disturbance,
Yoshimitsu Ashikaga
Nanboku-cho
Period

2. The Plan
Background of the Period Mongol invasion, Kenmu Restoration
Takauji Ashikaga Founding of Ashikaga Shogunate, Conflict with emperor Go-Daigo
Kanno Disturbance Tadayoshi Ashikaga, Dividing of early ashikaga regime
Yoshimitsu Askikaga Ending of the Nanboku-cho Period, Cultural revolution

3. Background of
the Period
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4. What led to the Nanboku-Cho Period?
Near the end of the 13th Century there were
many factors that led to the outbreak of civil
war between the Ashikaga clan and Imperial
loyalists
These changes can be attributed too:
- Mongol Invasions (1274, 1281)
- Failure of the Kenmu Restoration
(1333-1336)
Hojo Sadayuki (1302-1333)

5. Takauji
Ashikaga (1336-1358)
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First Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate

6. Takauji Ashikaga
- Joined forces with emperor Go-Daigo and seized
control of the Kamakura Shogunate in Kyoto
(1333)
- Defeated the Hojo Clan in Kamakura and
appointed himself Shogun without permission of
the imperial court (1335)
- Accused of murdering Prince Morinaga (emperors
son)
- Betrayed the emperor and with the help of his
brother (Tadayoshi) defeated imperial troops and
recaptured Kyoto in the battle of Minatogawa
(1336)
- Emperor Go-Daigo fled to Yoshino mountains and
declared himself the true ruler while Takauji
appointed a new new ruler in Kyoto while
declaring himself the Shogun

7. Kanno
Disturbance
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8. Kanno Disturbance
(1350-1351)
- As Takauji was Shogun he entrusted his younger
brother Tadayoshi to run the government
- In 1350 Takauji made Ko No Moronao his “shitsuji” or
head deputy which enraged Tadayoshi
- After many failed attempts to get rid of Moronao,
Tadayoshi attempted murdering him but once again,
failed
- Tadayoshi was Banished by Moronao
- Rebelled and joined his brothers enemies, the
southern court in Yoshino
- Revived the Southern court while dividing and nearly
dissolving the early Ashikaga Regime

9. Yoshimitsu
Ashikaga (1368-1394)
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Third Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate

10. Yoshimitsu Ashikaga
1368-1394
- 3rd Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
- Unlike his predecessors, assumed an
active role in imperial bureaucracy
- Was able to end the imperial division
between the North and South courts of
Japan (1992)
- Created a truce, promising the emperor
would alternate between imperial lines
if the imperial regalia was returned to
Kyoto - never kept
- Ended the 600 year lapse of formal
trade with China
- Resulted in a cultural renaissance

11. In
Conclusion

12. References
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https://www.worldhistory.org/Muromachi_Period/
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-warlords
Tikkanen, A. (2019). Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ashikaga-Yoshimitsu
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