On Higashiyama (Mt. Higashi), he constructed a villa, which later came to be called Jisho-ji Temple (more commonly, Ginkaku-ji Temple), so the culture around then is occasionally called Higashiyama culture after the location.
彼の山荘（後の慈照寺＝銀閣寺）が東山にあったことから、その時代の文化を東山文化と称することがある。