Takauji Ashikaga bakufu introduced its in Kyoto in the Muromachi district, and this is called the time lag between 1338 and 1573. Also known as bakufu Ashikaga shogun as successive were descendants of Takauji. And in all those who have access to power reveals one of the most powerful (and absurd) human instincts: the desire for immortality. In this case tries to conquer death by establishing a dynasty, as his descendants rule, their ancestors are perpetuated on them. Therefore, not only the title of Emperor was hereditary, but this condition before winning positions and shogun shikken . The emotional impulse is therefore the first, and only then come rationalizations to sustain the legitimacy of each dynasty. But, interestingly, they often end up crystallizing these rationalizations. For example, as the descendants of the Minamoto, Ashikaga, which claimed the title of legitimacy to occupy the shogunate, and eventually the accreditation of kinship with this family was becoming a requirement for access to the office.
Meanwhile, entertaining in their struggle for central power, successive shoguns were losing power in the provinces on behalf of the governors of them. These were the shugo large samurai that, at least nominally exercised on behalf of provincial power central authority. Over time, the centrifugal tendency to cause the disintegration of small Taifa kingdoms. Shugo then, already be absolute rulers in their respective territories, will be called daimyo , and dedicated to war with each other with enthusiasm. This period is called sengoku jidai, period of warring states, culminating in a reverse centripetal process in which, through the action of three successive unifying all the power scattered back to regroup in the person of a shogun. But not anticipate events.
The third Ashikaga shogun , Yoshimitsu, was a great character. Great warrior, great politician, and suffering from artistic and cultural concerns, in 1395, with only 36, left the shogunate and went to live in the palace he had built north of Kyoto. It was a wonderful place whose most famous building was the "Golden Pavilion", a three-storey building, each with a different style, coated with gold leaf and surrounded by ponds that stimulate reflection. During the rule of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu the Southern Court recognized the futility of their resistance and dropped their claims. The current Emperor Japan falls, therefore, the northern branch. ____________________
Images:
1. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
2. The Golden Pavilion.
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