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Muromachi period
The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kemmu restoration of imperial...
in the service of the Ashikaga shoguns
Ashikaga shogunate
The , also known as the , was a Japanese feudal military regime, ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga clan.This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from Muromachi Street of Kyoto where the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established his residence...
. Born into a family of renowned artists and curators (Ami
Ami (Japanese name)
Ami is a female Japanese given name. It is also a female name in Gujarat, India, meaning "nectar".-Real people:*Ami Suzuki , a Japanese singer and songwriter*Ami Onuki a Japanese pop singer...
family), he succeeded his father Shinno (Nōami
Noami
Nōami was a Japanese painter and renga poet in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate. An astute art connoisseur, Nōami collected Chinese paintings and other works of art for the shogunate, and served as an advisor in the ways of Japanese tea ceremony, incense and a variety of other elements...
) as the curator of the Ashikaga art collection and became a painter in his own right. He is known for his yamato-e
Yamato-e
Yamato-e is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang Dynasty paintings and developed in the late Heian period. It is considered the classical Japanese style...
paintings in Sumi-e style, following the tradition of Tensho Shūbun
Shubun
was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and painter of the Muromachi period.He was born in the late 14th century in Ōmi Province and became a professional painter around 1403, when he made a voyage to Korea. He returned to Japan in 1404 and settled in Kyoto, then the capital city...
.