Motouji ASHIKAGA, was sent by his father, Takauji, to control the Kanto area and because he was based in Kamakura, came to be called the Kamakura Kubo (quasi-shogun).
尊氏の子で関東支配のために父によって派遣された鎌倉公方・足利基氏は鎌倉を中心として関東を支配した。