People of the Muromachi period (42 people)

Figures who lived in the Muromachi period, in order of birth. Choose a name to follow that life event by event.

• Musō Soseki Rinzai Zen monk and garden designer / 1275–1351 (about 76 years)
• Akamatsu Enshin (Norimura) Constable of Harima and founding ally of the Muromachi shogunate / 1277–1350 (about 73 years)
• Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor / 1288–1339 (about 51 years)
• Kitabatake Chikafusa Court noble, Southern Court leader / 1293–1354 (about 61 years)
• Kusunoki Masashige Military commander / 1294–1336 (about 42 years)
• Sasaki Dōyo Military governor, "basara" lord / 1296–1373 (about 77 years)
• Kō no Moronao First steward of the Muromachi shogunate / 1299–1351 (about 52 years)
• Nitta Yoshisada Military commander / 1301–1338 (about 37 years)
• Ashikaga Takauji Founder of the Muromachi shogunate / 1305–1358 (about 53 years)
• Ashikaga Tadayoshi Commander, head of shogunate administration / 1306–1352 (about 46 years)
• Nijō Yoshimoto Court noble who perfected renga / 1320–1388 (about 68 years)
• Imagawa Sadayo (Ryōshun) Kyushu deputy and poet / 1326–1420 (about 94 years)
• Hosokawa Yoriyuki Kanrei who guided the boy shogun Yoshimitsu / 1329–1392 (about 63 years)
• Ashikaga Yoshiakira 2nd Muromachi shogun / 1330–1367 (about 37 years)
• Kan'ami Sarugaku (Noh) actor / 1333–1384 (about 51 years)
• Ashikaga Motouji First Kamakura kubō who laid the foundations of the Kamakura government / 1340–1367 (about 27 years)
• Shiba Yoshimasa Kanrei of the Muromachi shogunate / 1350–1410 (about 60 years)
• Ashikaga Yoshimitsu 3rd Muromachi shogun / 1358–1408 (about 50 years)
• Zeami Noh actor and playwright / 1363–1443 (about 80 years)
• Shō Hashi King who unified the Ryūkyū Kingdom / 1372–1439 (about 67 years)
• Mansai The "prime minister in black robes" who advised the shoguns / 1378–1435 (about 57 years)
• Akamatsu Mitsusuke Shugo of Harima, Kakitsu Rebellion / 1381–1441 (about 60 years)
• Ashikaga Yoshimochi Fourth Muromachi shogun / 1386–1428 (about 42 years)
• Ashikaga Yoshinori 6th Muromachi shogun / 1394–1441 (about 47 years)
• Ikkyū Sōjun Zen monk / 1394–1481 (about 87 years)
• Ashikaga Mochiuji Fourth Kamakura deputy, who clashed with the shogun / 1398–1439 (about 41 years)
• Ichijō Kaneyoshi Court noble and classical scholar / 1402–1481 (about 79 years)
• Yamana Sōzen Shugo daimyō, leader of the Western Army / 1404–1473 (about 69 years)
• Nisshin Nichiren monk who admonished the shogun, called "pot-wearing Nisshin" / 1407–1488 (about 81 years)
• Uesugi Norizane Kanto deputy who revived the Ashikaga School / 1410–1466 (about 56 years)
• Rennyo Jōdo Shinshū monk (8th head of Honganji) / 1415–1499 (about 84 years)
• Sesshū Painter-monk (ink painting) / 1420–1506 (about 86 years)
• Sōgi Renga poet / 1421–1502 (about 81 years)
• Asakura Takakage (Toshikage) Warlord who rose in the Ōnin War and took Echizen / 1428–1481 (about 53 years)
• Hosokawa Katsumoto Kanrei, leader of the Eastern Army / 1430–1473 (about 43 years)
• Ōta Dōkan Commander who built Edo Castle / 1432–1486 (about 54 years)
• Ashikaga Yoshimasa 8th Muromachi shogun / 1436–1490 (about 54 years)
• Ashikaga Yoshimi Brother of shogun Yoshimasa and a central figure of the Ōnin War / 1439–1491 (about 52 years)
• Hino Tomiko Wife of Ashikaga Yoshimasa / 1440–1496 (about 56 years)
• Hatakeyama Masanaga Kanrei and Onin War commander / 1442–1493 (about 51 years)
• Hosokawa Masamoto Kanrei who led the Meio Coup / 1466–1507 (about 41 years)
• Ōuchi Yoshioki Suo daimyo who restored shogun Yoshitane / 1477–1528 (about 51 years)

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