Editing Ashikaga shogunate (section)

== Northern and Southern Courts ==
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After Ashikaga Takauji established himself as the ''Shōgun'', a dispute arose with Emperor Go-Daigo on the subject of how to govern the country. That dispute led Takauji to cause Prince Yutahito, the second son of [[Emperor Go-Fushimi]], to be installed as [[Emperor Kōmyō]] while Go-Daigō fled Kyoto. Japan was subsequently divided between two Imperial courts: the [[Northern Court]] located in Kyoto, in favor of Kōmyō under Ashikaga influence; and the [[Southern Court]] located in [[Yoshino District, Nara|Yoshino]], in favor of Go-Daigō. The Northern and Southern courts engaged in an ideological struggle for power that continued for 56 years, until the Southern Court gave up during the reign of ''Shōgun'' [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]] in 1392.