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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ( 足利 義満 ) ( September 25 , 1358 – May 31 , 1408 ) was the 3rd Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate who reigned from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi Period of Japan . Yoshimitsu was the son of the 2nd Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira . In the year after the death of his father Yoshiakira in 1367 , Yoshimitsu became '' Seii Taishogun ''. He took Zeami Motokiyo as his lover in 1374. Yoshimitsu constructed his residence in the Muromachi section in the capital of Kyoto in 1378 . As a result, in Japanese, the Ashikaga Shogunate and the corresponding time period are always referred to as the Muromachi Shogunate and Muromachi period. Yoshimitsu united the Northern and Southern Court (''Nanboku-cho'') in 1392 , ending the over 50 year long Northern And Southern Court Period . This finally firmly established the authority of the Muromachi shogunate and suppressed the power of the regional Daimyo . In 1394, Yoshimitsu retired and his son became the 4th shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi . However, Yoshimitsu still maintained authority over the shogunate until his death in 1408. His villa became Kinkaku-ji , the Temple of the Golden Pavilion. |
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