Yoshimitsu's Shichiju Daito tower was destroyed by fire several years after its completion but at over 106 m its record as the tallest building in Japan remained unbroken for approximately 530 years until the completion of the steel tower of the Yosami radio transmitting station (250 m) in 1929.
義満による七重大塔も数年で焼失したが七重大塔は高さ106mを誇り､1929年の依佐美送信所鉄塔(250m)竣工まで約530年間高さ歴代日本一の記録は破られなかった。