Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: December 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780231130578
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Biography: general; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History; History - General History; History: World; Japan; Asia - Japan; Medieval; History / Asia; 1436-1490; Ashikaga, Yoshimasa,; Biography; Ginkakuji (Kyoto, Japan); Shoguns
First sentence: The assassination in 1441 of Ashikaga Yoshinori, the sixth shogun of the Ashikaga line, was carried out with exceptional efficiency and brutality.