Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Japanese (culture or style)
8. Medieval Japanese
9. Muromachi

Anotations

Scope note:

Period and culture in Japan, dating approximately 1334-1392, during the formative years of the Muromachi era, when two imperial seats existed: in the North of Kyoto and the South of Yoshino. Two rival courts clamied the legitimate right to rule. The schism symbolized a transition in which the civil aristocracy of Kyoto lost their political and economic power to the provincial military class.