The branch of the main families of the Ashikaga clan (head family) that had inherited the post of Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by shogun) since the first generation of Takauji ASHIKAGA was referred to as the Ashikaga Shogunate family.
足利将軍家（あしかがしょうぐんけ）は、足利氏の惣領家（宗家）のうち、とくに足利尊氏以来の、代々室町幕府の征夷大将軍職を世襲した一家。