Muromachi (disambiguation)
Muromachi (室町) is a Japanese name derived from a path called Muromachi kōji (室町小路) of the ancient capital of Heian-kyō, present-day Kyoto.
It may also refer to:
- Muromachi Street (室町通, Muromachi-dōri) in Kyoto, Japan, which was originally Muromachi kōji
- Muromachi Palace (室町殿, Muromachi-dono), the palace of the Ashikaga clan, more often called Hana no Gosho (花の御所, Flower Palace) with the main gate facing Muromachi Street
- Muromachi shogunate, a shogunate (military government) headquartered in the palace
- Muromachi period, a division of Japanese history, named after the shogunate
- Muromachi, Tokyo, a district of Tokyo, which is named after Muromachi in Kyoto and is home to the Mitsui Group companies, such as Mitsukoshi department store chain
- a Japanese family name: e.g. Sumiko Muromachi (室町澄子) and Kaneo Muromachi (室町鐘緒)
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