The former residence of the Ashikaga clan, surviving as Banna-ji Temple. Originally built by Ashikaga Yoshikane in 1196, it retains the typical square layout surrounded by moats and earthworks. The main hall is a National Treasure of Kamakura-period architecture. As the ancestral home of Ashikaga Takauji, it is a premier cultural heritage site alongside the Ashikaga School. The sacred ginkgo tree …
Built in 1196 by Ashikaga Yoshikane as his manor. The residence survives as Banna-ji Temple. Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Muromachi shogunate, descended from this clan. The main hall, rebuilt in 1299, was designated a National Treasure in 2013.
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