Muromachi
Kanagawa · 室町Browse Kanagawa’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
A mid-Muromachi hall at Shozokuin within Engakuji in Kamakura, held the oldest and purest Zen-style hall in Japan. Kanagawa's only National Treasure building.
The former Tomyoji pagoda on the hill at Sankeien in Yokohama, built in 1457 in Kyoto and moved here in 1914, is the oldest designated pagoda in the Kanto region.
The former main hall of Tomyoji at Sankeien in Yokohama, an early Muromachi hall from Kizugawa in Kyoto, was rebuilt here in 1987 and restored to its medieval form.
This National Treasure colophon by Yuan literatus Feng Zizhen praises a lost insect scroll by Song painter Yi Yuanji. Sen no Rikyu's letter saved it from being cut.