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At some point, he adopted his nephew [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]], who then later became the 10th Ashikaga shogun.

At some point, he adopted his nephew [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]], who then later became the 10th Ashikaga shogun.

Yoshimasa began construction on his retirement palace, the Higashiyama-den, in [[1482]]. The jewel of the palace compound, the so-called Silver Pavilion, was completed in [[1489]]; however, unlike the [[Kinkaku-ji|Golden Pavilion]] built nearly a century earlier by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], the Silver Pavilion was never covered in silver, remaining instead unadorned wood. Debate continues as to whether this was due to Yoshimasa's inability to afford to complete the project, as a result of the raging war, or whether Yoshimasa intended to leave the Pavilion in such a state all along, in accordance with his sense of restrained aesthetics. Following Yoshimasa's death in 1490, the palace was converted into a Buddhist temple in accordance with his wishes.

Yoshimasa began construction on his retirement palace, the Higashiyama-den, in [[1482]]. The jewel of the palace compound, the so-called Silver Pavilion, was completed in [[1489]]; however, unlike the [[Kinkaku-ji|Golden Pavilion]] built nearly a century earlier by [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], the Silver Pavilion was never covered in silver, remaining instead unadorned wood. Debate continues as to whether this was due to Yoshimasa's inability to afford to complete the project, as a result of the raging war, or whether Yoshimasa intended to leave the Pavilion in such a state all along, in accordance with his sense of restrained aesthetics. Regardless, this retirement palace became the center of what has come to be known as "Higashiyama culture." Yoshimasa hosted regular tea gatherings and other events, including exhibitions of his personal collection of tea implements, [[karamono|Chinese ceramics]], and other art objects. These displays are likely the most oft-cited premodern precursor in Japan to the modern museum, and were accompanied by the advent of ''gyomotsu mokuroku'', formal records of the contents of the collection.<ref name=pitelka22>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 22-24.</ref>

 

Following Yoshimasa's death in 1490, the palace was converted into a Buddhist temple in accordance with his wishes. The dispersal of Yoshimasa's collection, enabling or fueling the collecting habits of other samurai and courtier elites, has been identified as a significant event in the development of collecting as a prominent elite practice.<ref name=pitelka22/>

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