page_title: Muromachi period
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: Muromachi period / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Dry Garden in Ryoanji (Kyoto, Japan) 日本語: 日本・京都の龍安寺石庭
context_page_description: The Muromachi period is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kenmu Restoration of imperial rule was brought to a close. The period ended in 1573 when the 15th and last shogun of this line, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, was driven out of the capital in Kyoto by Oda Nobunaga.
  From a cultural perspective, the period can be divided into the Kitayama and Higashiyama periods.
  The early years from 1336 to 1392 of the Muromachi period are known as the Nanboku-chō or Northern and Southern Court period. This period is marked by the continued resistance of the supporters of Emperor Go-Daigo, the emperor behind the Kenmu Restoration. The years from 1465 to the end of the Muromachi period are also known as the Sengoku period or Warring States period.
context_section_description: 1336: Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto and forces Emperor Daigo II to move to a southern court (Yoshino, south of Kyoto)
  1338: Ashikaga Takauji declares himself shōgun, moves his capital into the Muromachi district of Kyoto and supports the northern court
  1392: The southern court surrenders to shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the empire is unified again
  1397: Kinkaku-ji is built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
  1450: Ryōan-ji is built by Hosokawa Katsumoto.
  1457: Edo is established
  1467: The Ōnin War is split among feudal lords (daimyōs)
  1489: Ginkaku-ji is built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa
  1543: Firearms are introduced by shipwrecked Portuguese
  1546: Hōjō Ujiyasu who had won the Battle of Kawagoe becomes ruler of the Kantō region
  1549: Catholic missionary Francis Xavier arrives in Japan
  1555: Mōri Motonari, who had won the Battle of Miyajima, becomes ruler of the Chūgoku region
  1560: Battle of Okehazama
  1568: The daimyō Oda Nobunaga enters Kyoto and ends the civil war
  1570: The Archbishopric of Edo is established and the first Japanese Jesuits are ordained
  1570: Battle of Anegawa
  1573: Oda Nobunaga overthrows the Muromachi bakufu and extends his control over all of Japan
caption: Ryōan-ji rock garden
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