Muromachi period
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Muromachi period (室町時代 Muromachi jidai), also known as the Muromachi era, the Ashikaga era, or the Ashikaga period, is a division of Japanese history.[1] The period started in 1333 and ended in 1573.
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Ashikaga shogunate [change]
The years of the Ashikaga shogunate are called the Muromachi period.[2] The name comes from the district of Kyoto in which this series of shoguns had an official home. This home was also known as the Muromachi Palace (室町殿 Muromachi-dono) or Flower Palace (花の御所 Hana no Gosho).[1]
Timeline [change]
- 1333 (Kemmu 1): Kemmu restoration (建武の新政 Kenmu no shinsei)[3]
- 1336 (Kemmu 4): Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto.[4] Emperor Go-Daigo established what is called the Southern Court (Nanchō) in Yoshino; and what is called the Northern Court (Hokuchō) is established in Kyoto[5]
- 1392 (Meitoku 3), also known as Genchū 9: Forces of the Southern Court surrenders to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the empire is unified under Emperor Go-Komatsu.[6]
- 1398 (Ōei 5): Kinkaku-ji or "Gold Pavillion" is built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.[7]
- 1484 (Bunmei 16): Ginkaku-ji or "Silver Pavillion" is built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa[9]
- 1488 (Chōkyō 2): Ryōan-ji is built by Hosokawa Katsumoto.[10]
- 1543 (Tenbun 12, 25th day of the 8th month): Portuguese ship landed at Tanegashima bringing the first gun into Japan.[11]
- August 15, 1549 (Tenbun 18, 22nd day of the 7th month): Jesuit Catholic priest Francis Xavier arrived in Japan[12]
- 1555 (Kōji 1, 11th month): Mōri Motonari[13] won the Battle of Itsukushima (厳島合戦 Itsukushima Kassen), also known as the "Battle of Miyajima"[14]
- June 12, 1560 (Eiroku 3, 19th day of the 5th month): at the Battle of Okehazama, the forces of Imagawa Yoshimoto were defeated by Oda Nobunaga.[15]
- 1569 (Eiroku 12): First Christian church opened in Nagasaki.[12]
- 1570 (Genki 1, 6th month): At the Battle of Anegawa, the forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu won a victory.[16]
- 1573 (Genki 4): Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last Muromachi shogun, ran away from Kyoto.[17]
Gallery [change]
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Ryōan-ji dry garden—see 1488 above
Related pages [change]
- List of Emperors of Japan
- Northern Court
- Southern Court
- Japanese era name
- Nanboku-chō period
- Sengoku period
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Muromachi jidai" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 669.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ashikaga" at pp. 53-54.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Kemmu no Chūkō" at p. 507.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ashikaga Takauji" at p. 55.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Hokuchō" at p. 344.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu" at p. 56.
- ↑ Asian Historical Architecture, "Kinkaku-ji Temple - 金閣寺 (built 1398, destroyed 1950, reconstructed 1955) "; retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ōnin no Ran" at p. 754.
- ↑ Asian Historical Architecture, "Ginkaku-ji Temple - 銀閣寺 (built 1484-90 onward)"; retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Asian Historical Architecture, "Ryōan-ji Temple - 竜安寺 (built 1488 onward)"; retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ History of Kagoshima; retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, "An Overview of the History of the Catholic Church in Japan"; retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Mōri Motonari" at p. 660.
- ↑ Miyajima Tourist Association, "History of Miyajima"; Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), The Great Battle at Miyajima (Miyajima ôgassen no zu), woodblock print, c. 1865; retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Okehazama Tatakai" at p. 745.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Anegawa no Tatakai" at pp. 30-31; Titsingh, p. 388.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Ashikaga Yoshiaki" at p. 55.
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- Japan-guide.com, Muromachi Period (1333 - 1573)
