<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Nambokucho</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31406281</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:49:10</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Northern and Southern Courts</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Nanboku-chō</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Nanbokuchō</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></dc:description></metadata>