The Ashikaga shogunate began as a military dictatorship in 1336 led by a dynasty of shoguns from the Ashikaga family. Over time, this dynasty weakened and lost power against Japan's landowning families as the Ashikaga shogunate failed to create a strong central government.

1.  In 1336 a military dictatorship by a dynasty of shoguns
from the Ashikaga family began.
 Eventually this dynasty weakened to powerlessness
against japans landowning families.
 The Ashikaga shogunate had failed to create a strong
central government.