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Muromachi period · 1358–1408
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
足利義満 · Japan
Third shogun of the Muromachi shogunate
He became shogun in 1368 at the age of ten and held the post until 1394; at 20 he entered the court as acting dainagon. The villa he built in Kitayama, Kyoto, was the forerunner of today's Kinkaku-ji.
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Historia · Kinkaku-ji
A shogun's villa that became a Zen temple
In 1397 the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu bought a mountain villa in Kitayama, Kyoto, from the Saionji family and rebuilt it as the complex that includes the Golden Pavilion. After Yoshimitsu's death, his son turned it into a Zen temple according to his wishes.
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