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.
An early Muromachi pagoda moved from Kyoto to Sankeien Garden in Yokohama in 1914 and designated in 1931. Kanto's oldest timber tower, hidden by repairs from 2027.
A medieval Buddhist hall from Kyoto, dismantled in 1949 and reassembled at Sankeien Garden in Yokohama by 1987, restored to its original early Muromachi 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.