ABSTRACT
In Kyoto, the Emperor Go Horikawa tried to restore Imperial power by overthrowing the Kamakura baefuku in 1221, but Yoritomo prevailed once again, and retaliated by exiling him and moving to Kyoto himself. Ashikaga Takauji established his base in the Muromachi district of Kyoto in 1338, which gives Muromachi period its alternative name. By delegating power to provincial leaders and allowing them to control their own troops, Takauji was able to govern fairly effectively, but it wasn't until the rule of the third Ashikaga Shogun Yoshimitsu that things started to settle down. There were 15 Ashikaga Shoguns over the next two and a half centuries, until the Onin War weakened its authority. Yoshimitsu is undoubtedly best known for his "Golden Pavilion" or Kinkaku-ji, in the Kitayama hills north of Kyoto. Sen no Rikyu became the tea master for Oda Nobunaga, and is credited with providing a restrained counterpoint to the ostentation of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
