The Northern Court, led by the Ashikaga family, was always more powerful than the government of the Southern Court ruled by kuge (court nobles) and the Northern court governed Kyoto, which was the center of Japan during that time.
北朝(日本)を擁した足利家の武家政権は、終始、公家である南朝(日本)政権より強力であり、日本の中心部である京都をほぼ支配していた。