1. Go-Daigo's Early Plots 

                       a. Shuchu Conspiracy 

                       b. Genko Conspiracy---exile to Oki Islands 

                   2. 1333 Prince Morinaga called for "loyalists" 

                        a. Kamakura regime branded "traitorous" 

                        b. Support for imperial cause requested 

                   3. Ashikaga Takauji (1305-58) & Nitta Yoshisada (1301-38) 

                        a. Kamakura vassals sent to Kyoto to quash rebellion 

                        b. Yoshisada sent back to Kamakura to destroy bakufu 

                        c. Takauji secured Kyoto, but not appointed shogun 

                             i. Go-Daigo named Prince Morinaga shogun 

                             ii. Takauji drove Go-Daigo into exile in Yoshino Mts. 

                             iii. Emperor Komyo placed on throne 

                             iv. Kusunoki Masashige's "heroic loyalism" 

                        d. Period of Northern and Southern Courts (Nambokucho) 

              B. The Structure of Ashikaga Power 

                   1. Kyoto-based bakufu---ritsuryo state all but defunct 

                    2. Shugo emerge as Kyoto-based powerbrokers 

                         a. jito authority dissipates 

                         b. "vice-shugo" (shugo-dai) dominate countryside 

                         c. "vice-shugo" later emerge as "lords of the warring states"
                                                                                    (sengoku daimyo) 

                         d. gekokujo "rampant treachery" 
                                     (literally, lower elements overthrow superiors) 

                     3. tandai appointed to govern Kyushu, Kanto 

                C. Major Shogunal Regimes 

                     1. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) 3rd shogun 

                          a. resolution of the Northern & Southern Imperial division 

                              i. Go-Daigo's forces persuaded to return 

                              ii. Southern line disappears 

                          b. 1397 "Golden Pavilion" (Kinkakuji) built 

                               i. "Northern Mountain" (Kitayama) culture 

                               ii. tea ceremony, No drama, linked verse (renga) 

                           c. Trade with Ming (1368-1644) dynasty China 

                                i. Japan exported horses, swords, fans, gold screens 

                                ii. China exported silver, copper coins, silk 

                                iii. between 1404 and 1547, 87 tribute ships sent 

                      2. Ashikaga Yoshimasa (r. 1443-73) 

                           a. Silver Pavilion (Ginkakuji) & Higashiyama Culture 

                           b. Onin War (1467-77) Shogunal succession dispute 

                                i. most of Kyoto destroyed 

                                ii. fighting continued in countryside 

                 D. Warring States Period (1477-1588) 

                       1. shoen, imperial provinces, shugo authority disappear 

                        2. extreme gekokujo 

                        3. self-made daimyo rise to military power 

                        4. huge armies, fortified castles, regional domains appear