Takauji ASHIKAGA, the head of the distinguished Ashikaga clan from Seiwa-Genji who stood above others during the confusion at the end of Kamakura bakufu, defeated the counterforce, and was appointed seii taishogun as the head of the samurai family in 1338 and established the Muromachi bakufu.
鎌倉幕府末期の混乱期に頭角を表した清和源氏の名門足利氏の棟梁足利尊氏は、対抗勢力を打ち破り、武家の棟梁として1338年に征夷大将軍に任じられ室町幕府を開く。