On Kitayama (the Northern Hills) of Kyoto, Yoshimitsu constructed a villa, which was later called Rokuon-ji Temple (more commonly, Kinkaku-ji Temple), so the culture around then is occasionally called Kitayama culture after the location.
義満は京都の北山に山荘を営み（後の鹿苑寺＝金閣寺）、この時代の文化を北山文化と呼ぶことがある。