室町時代(むろまちじだい)

むろまちじだい
noun
Muromachi period (1336–1573)
time-periodhistory
1. Muromachi period (1336–1573)
The period of the Ashikaga shogunate, named after the Muromachi district of Kyoto where the shoguns had their palace. It runs from 1336 until Oda Nobunaga drove out the last shogun in 1573; its final century overlaps the Warring States period.
室町時代(むろまちじだい)の文化(ぶんか)。
The culture of the Muromachi period.
金閣寺(きんかくじ)は室町時代(むろまちじだい)に建(た)てられた。
Kinkaku-ji was built in the Muromachi period.
能(のう)や茶(ちゃ)の湯(ゆ)など、今(いま)に伝(つた)わる伝統文化(でんとうぶんか)の多(おお)くが室町時代(むろまちじだい)に生(う)まれた。
Much of the traditional culture handed down today, such as noh and the tea ceremony, arose in the Muromachi period.

Common collocations

  • 室町幕府(むろまちばくふ): the Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate
  • 室町時代(むろまちじだい)後期(こうき): the late Muromachi period
  • 室町文化(むろまちぶんか): Muromachi culture

Cultural note

The shogunate was founded by 足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ). The third shogun, 足利義満(あしかがよしみつ), built the Golden Pavilion (金閣(きんかく)), and the eighth, 足利義政(あしかがよしまさ), the Silver Pavilion (銀閣(ぎんかく)). After the Ōnin War (1467–1477) central power collapsed and the country slid into the 戦国時代(せんごくじだい).

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