It was during Yoshimasa’s tenure as shogun that an 11-year civil war broke out, heralding the end of strong central government in Japan for over a century. In earlier times, the arts were dominated by ...

and the Muromachi period (1336-1573), have been found at the Suwanomae ruins in the southwestern Japan city of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture. Analysis of the material in the earthen pits confirmed ...

The time period referred to as medieval Japan actually comprised three distinct periods: the Kamakura (1185-1333), Muromachi (1336-1573), and Momoyama (1568-1603). Beginning with the Kamakura through ...

This cultural era, the Muromachi Period, lasted well past the Ashikiga. Easy-recognizable cultural institutions, such as Noh ...

NARA--Some of the finest swords of Japan’s feudal age are now ... the shrine by the Ashikaga family of the Muromachi Shogunate in the Nanbokucho Period (1336-1392). Its silver-plated sheath ...

A brewing company has teamed with a temple in Nara Prefecture to make and sell sake re-created from a roughly 450-year-old recipe recorded by medieval Japanese ... the Muromachi Period (1336-1573 ...

Between the tens of millions of tourists visiting and the soft power success of films and drama series set in Japan, the country has never attracted so much attention. The impact on sales and other ...