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Wang Hui, målaren

In Yoshimasa’s time, poetry continued to be an important part of Kyoto life. A favorite Muromachi pastime was linked verse (renga), in which one poet supplied the first three lines of a tanka (a thirty-one-syllable poem) and another completed the poem with a suitable couplet. Instability was an important part of this poetic form’s appeal.

Yoshimitsu

Kamakura Bakufu

Mongolerna

Chang’an:s stadsdelssystem.

Tangdynastins ökade möjligheter för kvinnor inom religion och kommers (och idrott).

Kalligrafi som svar på tidernas förfall och svårigheter. Kalligrafi som abstrakt konst.