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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Nambokucho</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Muromachi</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Nanboku-chō</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Nanbokuchō</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Northern and Southern Courts</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>