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.
Ashikaga shogunate[change | change source]
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 | change source]
- 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]
- 1467 (Ōnin 1): The Ōnin War[8]
- 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.[16]
- 1570 (Genki 1, 6th month): At the Battle of Anegawa, the forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu won a victory.[17]
- 1573 (Genki 4): Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last Muromachi shogun, ran away from Kyoto.[4]
Gallery[change | change source]
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Ryōan-ji dry garden—see 1488 above
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 669. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Asian Historical Architecture, "Kinkaku-ji Temple - 金閣寺 (built 1398, destroyed 1950, reconstructed 1955) ". Retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 754. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 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 Archived 2011-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, "An Overview of the History of the Catholic Church in Japan". Retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 660. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Miyajima Tourist Association, "History of Miyajima" Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine; Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), The Great Battle at Miyajima (Miyajima ôgassen no zu), woodblock print, c. 1865[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, "An Overview of the History of the History of the Catholic Church in Japan". Retrieved 2012-4-27.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
Other websites[change | change source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Muromachi period.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392), Muromachi Period (1392–1573)
- British Museum, Japan: Muromachi period (AD 1333-1568) Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Japan-guide.com, Muromachi Period (1333 - 1573)
