List of Famous people with last name Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji

First Name Ashikaga

Last Name Takauji

Born on November 30, 1304

Died on June 7, 1358 (aged 53)

Born in Japan, Kyōto Prefecture

Ashikaga Takauji 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. He was a male-line descendant of the samurai of the (Minamoto) Seiwa Genji line who had settled in the Ashikaga area of Shimotsuke Province, in present-day Tochigi Prefecture.

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Sasaki Takauji

First Name Sasaki

Last Name Takauji

Born on November 30, 1295

Died on September 12, 1373 (aged 77)

Sasaki Takauji , also known by his religious name Sasaki Dōyō, was a Japanese poet, warrior, and bureaucrat of the Muromachi period.

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