Ashikaga Sadauji

Ashikaga Sadauji (1273–1331) was the seventh head of the Ashikaga house and a late Kamakura gokenin. Succeeding at about ten, he received his name from the regent Hōjō Sadatoki and restored the family temples.

He took vows around 1301 and later may have yielded the headship to his eldest son Takayoshi. Takayoshi died in 1317, whereupon Sadauji resumed rule. He died in 1331; his son Takauji inherited and overthrew the Hōjō in 1333.