When an internal conflict of Ashikaga family led to Kanno Disturbance, his father Takauji summoned the eldest son Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA, who was at Kamakura, back to Kyoto, to attend to government as next shogun.
足利家の内紛から発展した観応の擾乱が起こると、父の尊氏は鎌倉にいた長男である足利義詮に次期将軍として政務を担当させるため京都へ呼び戻した。