His nemesis, Emperor Go-Daigo, established his own, the Southern Court. This “rebel” court lasted until their 1392 surrender ...

In 1391, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu proposed a truce to the Southern Court, promising that henceforth, the throne would alternate between representatives of the two lines of the imperial family. The ...

Kinkakuji, formally known as Rokuonji, in Kyoto’s Kita Ward, originally served as a retirement villa for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, a shogun and prominent patron of the arts.

One of the paintings depicts takaomomiji, a maple tree changing color. Local legend has it that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, a powerful shogun in the Muromachi Period (1336-1573) who rebuilt the shrine ...