Ashikaga Yoshimasa

Ashikaga Yoshimasa (足利 義政; 1436 – 1490) was the eighth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling Japan from 1449 to 1473. In the early 1480s, just after the end of the Ōnin WarEchoes of History – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period and having abdicated as shōgun, Yoshimasa built Ginkaku-ji, a Buddhist temple to the east of Kyoto, where he moved into. In the so-called Silver Pavilion, Yoshimasa focused on having a life of leisure and art with his friends, ignoring the fighting in Kyoto at the time. As a patron of the arts, many art forms flourished under his influence, such as ink painting, pottery, and linked verse.Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City
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