Muromaki or Ashikaga
Period of Japanese history (mid-14th-16th century). The name comes from shogun Ashikaga (and their palace of the district Muromaki of Kyoto), who were the hegemonic power of that time. The sophisticated elegance of the court was reflected in the plays of Theater No, in the process of serving tea, and in the emergence of an influenced by Zen Buddhism monochromatic painting in ink, Main representatives of this type are Sesshu (1420-1506) and Seson (the effect of Chinese Teachers of Southern Sung’s period is evident in the works of both). Other remarkable painters of this period were Noami (1397-1494), Geïami (1431-1485) and Soami (d. 1525).