Ashikaga clan (足利氏 Ashikaga-shi) was a famous Japanese clan who established the Muromachi shogunate. It was a branch of the Minamoto family and many famous clans came from there including Hosokawa, Imagawa , Kira , Shiba and Isshiki . After the head family of the Minamoto clan died out during the early Kamakura period, the Asikaga clan was often considered as the head of Minamoto.