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Ashikaga Takauji

1305 - 1358

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Ashikaga Takauji (足利 尊氏, August 18, 1305 – June 7, 1358) was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashikaga Takauji has received more than 306,420 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 32 in 2019). Ashikaga Takauji is the 3,982nd most popular politician (down from 3,613th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Japan (down from 188th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Japanese Politician.

Ashikaga Takauji is most famous for being the first shogun of the Muromachi period. He overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333, and founded the Ashikaga shogunate.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashikaga Takauji ranks 3,982 out of 15,577Before him are Hypereides, Eumenes I, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Ma Ying-jeou, Milada Horáková, and Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan. After him are Moncef Marzouki, Ivanoe Bonomi, Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Kantarō Suzuki, Peter I of Bulgaria, and Haakon III of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1305, Ashikaga Takauji ranks 3Before him are Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan and Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France. After him are Peter II of Sicily, Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria, and Beatrice of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1358, Ashikaga Takauji ranks 3Before him are Isabella of France and Albert II, Duke of Austria. After him are Étienne Marcel, Guillaume Cale, Abu Inan Faris, and Giovanni de' Marignolli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ashikaga Takauji ranks 212 out of 6,048Before him are Masahiko Kimura (1917), Saburō Sakai (1916), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), Kyu Sakamoto (1941), Emperor Ankō (401), and Okita Sōji (1842). After him are Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Sada Abe (1905), Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), and Emperor Ninken (449).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ashikaga Takauji ranks 80Before him are Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Katsura Tarō (1848), Emperor Chūai (149), Empress Jingū (169), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), and Emperor Ankō (401). After him are Kantarō Suzuki (1868), Emperor Ninken (449), Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Hanzei (336), Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830), and Emperor Seinei (444).