Muromachi period
DIVISION OF JAPANESE HISTORY RUNNING FROM APPROXIMATELY 1336 TO 1573
Muromachi era; Muromati period; Muromachi; Muromachi Period; Ashikaga period; Muromachi Jidai; Ashikaga era; Muromachi bakufu; Ryōbu Shinto; Goryū Shintō; Goryu Shinto; Ryōbu Shintō; Muromachi-period; Muromachi Era; Ryobu Shinto
The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi bakufu or Ashikaga bakufu), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336) of imperial rule was brought to a close.