At the beginning of the Muromachi bakufu, Seii taishogun (great general) Takauji ASHIKAGA entrusted his real younger brother Tadayoshi ASHIKAGA with a civil administration and a part of the military administration.
室町幕府成立当初は、征夷大将軍足利尊氏は実弟の足利直義に民政と一部軍政を一任していた。