Muromachi period
From 1336 to 1573: the Ashikaga shōguns in Kyōto; pilgrims start writing “circuit of Shikoku” on temple walls
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The Muromachi period (室町時代) runs from 1336 to 1573. It is named after the district of Kyōto where the Ashikaga shōguns had their palace. Its second half, from the Ōnin War (1467-1477), is also called the Sengoku period.
For the pilgrimage, this is when people speak of a “pilgrimage around Shikoku” (四国順礼, around 1365), when the first distance stones (chōishi) appear, and when pilgrims write “四国中辺路” and “Namu Daishi Henjō Kongō” on temple walls.
- In English
- From 1336 to 1573.
- Other spellings
- Muromachi · époque Muromachi · muromachi jidai · 室町時代
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