Ashikaga Yasuuji

Ashikaga Yasuuji (1216–1270) was the fourth head of the Ashikaga house and a Kamakura gokenin. The legitimate son of Ashikaga Yoshiuji and a daughter of the regent Hōjō Yasutoki, he was named for Yasutoki.

In 1251 he took vows without the shogunate's leave; the regency seized his Hanabusa manor in Shimōsa and he retired to Ashikaga. His Tokusō-born son Yoriuji became heir after the elder son Ieuji was set aside and founded the Shiba line.