Ashikaga Shogunate

State · 1344–1571 CE · at its largest around 1459 CE

The military government of Japan founded by Ashikaga Takauji and based in the Muromachi district of Kyoto, whose authority waned during the Sengoku period until the last shogun was expelled by Oda Nobunaga in 1573.

On its lands while it lasted

Kinkaku-ji (1397 CE): Golden Pavilion built as a retirement villa for the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Onin War (1467–1477 CE): Civil war that devastated Kyoto and began the Sengoku (Warring States) period.
Oda Nobunaga (1534 CE – 1582 CE): Daimyo who began the unification of Japan, based at Azuchi Castle.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537 CE – 1598 CE): Nobunaga's successor who completed the unification of Japan and invaded Korea.
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 CE – 1616 CE): Founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for over 260 years.
Portuguese reach Japan (1543 CE): Portuguese traders landed on Tanegashima, introducing firearms to Japan.
Francis Xavier arrives in Japan (1549 CE): The Jesuit Francis Xavier landed at Kagoshima, beginning Christian missions in Japan.