The 54-year life of Ashikaga Takauji, the first shogun of the Muromachi shogunate: the charismatic life full of ups and downs

April 30th, 1358 (the 13th year of Shohei and the 3rd year of Enbun) is the day that Ashikaga Takauji, the first Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, died. Just when it seemed he had brought about the downfall of the Kamakura Shogunate, he ran around wildly from place to place over the Southern and Northern Courts issue and his sibling's quarrel, founded the Muromachi Shogunate, and was even counted for a time as one of the "Three Villains of Japa…