tenryuji-bune

Updated: August 5, 2026

On the one hand, he levied heavy imposts to procure funds; on the other, he sent to China ships hence called Tenryuji-bune to obtain furniture and fittings. Thus, in the space of five years, the great edifice was completed , and there remained a substantial sum in the Muromachi treasury.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era