Ashikaga Takauji, who established the Muromachi Shogunate, and Tokugawa Ieyasu who established the Edo Shogunate, are other famous Shoguns. In Japan, samurai governments reigned for about 700 years, until the end of the Edo era.

Muromachi Period"NIPO-267", "2407389"

It flourished most in the Muromachi period when it was perfected by Sesshu, a Zen Buddhist monk."A0000182", "2372988"

In the Muromachi period, the center of culture returned to Kyoto."NIPO-267", "2364738"

The Yamaga Lantern, a traditional art craft that originated in the Muromachi period, is made without the use of wood or metal fittings.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT167003", "2472884"

They were originally used instead of open entrances to keep houses a bit warmer in the Muromachi period, and merchants gradually started using them as signs for their stores."A0000292", "2528791"

The origin of this festival is "Matsubayashi," （a type of musical accompaniment） which used to kick off the New Year celebrations in the Muromachi period.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1993年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT079005", "2496467"

These beautiful words were written by a noh actor of the early Muromachi era, Zeami （1363-1443）.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT250012", "2521728"

The first references to the game are found in literary works of the Muromachi period （fourteenth and fifteenth centuries）."NIPO-225", "2485266"

However, this year the Muromachi Era will be added to the procession."MB003420", "2328153"

However, by the Muromachi Period, items of value, including cash, would eventually replace the rice cakes as gifts."MB003639", "2324973"

Then, in the Muromachi Period, this practice was incorporated into a court function in which wealthy families displayed Hina dolls."MB003976", "2515162"

Then, in the Muromachi Period, the practice of viewing cherry blossoms also began to spread throughout Japan."MB002887", "2515161"

In the following Muromachi period （1338-1573） Ikenobo Senno introduced the concept of flowers and plants having the same life as humans, and rather than the simple observation of beautiful flowers, ikebana came to have the aspect of spiritual enlightenment."IC009006", "2366096"

Suibokuga, or ink painting, developed from Chinese ink painting, and flourished in the Muromachi period."A0000180", "2457347"

Originally built in 1397 as a villa for the third shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu （1358~1408）, Kinkaku-ji was burnt to the ground in 1950 by a monk who then tried to commit suicide on the hill behind the burning temple.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2008年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT261041", "2426395"

Shichifukujin were first worshipped in the Muromachi period and became popular in the Edo period."A0000285", "2446068"

Third, Nanban-style sweets （Nanban-gashi） where imported from Portugal during trading at the end of the Muromachi era.〔【出典】『これがうまい』（ひらがなタイムズ編）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA06-021", "2529701"

Second, another sweet called "Tenshin" arrived from China in the Kamakura and Muromachi eras.〔【出典】『これがうまい』（ひらがなタイムズ編）◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"YA06-021", "2440724"

Abacuses with beads were invented by the Chinese and brought to Japan in the Muromachi period."A0000294", "2231675"

The styles of ikebana we see today were perfected in the Muromachi period. There are more than 2,000 ikebana schools today, but their basic concepts of arranging flowers are very similar."A0000183", "2507168"

What we call kimonos today were originally a kind of underwear called kosode worn under longer robes in the Heian period. It was at the end of the Muromachi period when women started to wear them without the robes."A0000297", "2558783"

Nobunaga sent presents to Kenshin and formed an alliance with him on the understanding that he would protect the Muromachi shogunate （Kyoto）, which Kensin supported and whose power was fading away.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT249022", "2412992"

The original form of haiku was created during the Muromachi period, and today's style developed in the Edo period."A0000187", "2496493"

Based on a historical vendetta in which 47 masterless warriors avenged the death of their lord in the early eighteenth century （Tokugawa period）, this play is set back in time during the latter half of the fourteenth century （Muromachi period） and overflows with samurai fealty toward their lord, romantic love, familial love, and other sentiments that have long been cherished by Japanese people."IC012002", "2263961"

Muso Soseki was a Rinzai-sect priest who was active from the end of the Kamakura period to the beginning of the Muromachi period."IC009005", "2407472"

It is said to have been used in the Nara period, but it was only in the Muromachi period that it got the name furoshiki; furo meaning bath, and shiki meaning spread."A0000291", "2377021"

Kyudo is a kind of archery which developed as a martial art in Japan during the Muromachi period."A0000224", "2392889"

He lived in the Muromachi period and spent the last days of his life at Shuon-an.〔【出典】Catch a Wave, 2007年9月14日号◆【出版社】株式会社浜島書店 〕

This year's program will focus primarily on the gardens of the Muromachi and Edo periods."LE230133", "2539404"

Through living with ordinary people he criticized the Buddhist world, which at that time both flattered and was supported by the Muromachi Shogunate.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2008年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT265014", "2541168"

It shows shochu was popular among ordinary people in the Muromachi Period."MB003262", "2379582"

It was Yoshimitsu Ashikaga, the Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, who supported noh because he was deeply impressed by its subtle and profound beauty."A0000172", "2380266"

The verses generally follow a rhymed seven syllable-five syllable or five syllable-seven syllable pattern, and the subject is usually a tale from the Kojiki, the Nihonshoki, Genji Monogatari, or Heike Monogatari, or a story from the Kamakura or Muromachi era."NIPO-277", "2510618"

Maekake, a type of apron that originates from the Muromachi period, is important work clothing for such trades people as sake brewers, rice dealers and lumber merchants.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT278014", "2397264"

Approximately 230 fine items of Zen culture that were created from the Kamakura era to the Muromachi era will be exhibited.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT251006", "2253793"