By RIKAKO TAKAI / Staff Writer
April 13, 2020 at 17:54 JST
The Muromachi-dono residence, center, is depicted in the “Uesugi Rakuchu-Rakugai Zu” (Scenes in and Around the Capital), a national treasure. The drawing is believed to have captured the residence from the eastern side and shows huge stones and a pond on the left side as well as Shokokuji temple in the right-hand corner. (Provided by Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum in Yamagata Prefecture)
KYOTO--Massive garden stones, the largest of which weighs 9.8 tons, were excavated at the residence here of a shogunate family in the Muromachi Period (1336-1573), in what archaeologists believe was a demonstration of their immense power and influence. [Read More]
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