| + | *"Zen," from the Chinese "chan", comes from the Sanskrit ''dhyan'', for meditation. - Francis DK Ching, ''A Global History of Architecture'', 444. |
| *The popularity of imported ''karamono'' in the Muromachi period, and the need/desire to display them, contributed to the development of ''shoin'' architecture, including the ''chigaidana'' shelving, ''tokonoma'' alcove, etc. - H. Paul Varley, "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the World of Kitayama: Social Change and Shogunal Patronage in Early Muromachi Japan", in John Hall and Toyoda Takeshi eds., Japan in the Muromachi Age, 1977, University of California Press, (Berkeley), 192. | | *The popularity of imported ''karamono'' in the Muromachi period, and the need/desire to display them, contributed to the development of ''shoin'' architecture, including the ''chigaidana'' shelving, ''tokonoma'' alcove, etc. - H. Paul Varley, "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the World of Kitayama: Social Change and Shogunal Patronage in Early Muromachi Japan", in John Hall and Toyoda Takeshi eds., Japan in the Muromachi Age, 1977, University of California Press, (Berkeley), 192. |