Japan’s tradition of "poem paintings," usually symbols …
Years: 1480 - 1491
Japan’s tradition of "poem paintings," usually symbols of seclusion in the form of rustic huts, surmounted by numerous eulogies in Chinese verse, gradually gives way to an increasing interest in landscape painting for its own sake as the fifteenth-century draws to a close.
The imperial court and the shogun clans, their authority greatly diminished by the Onin War, war against one another in an attempt to expand their holdings in the “Sengoku,” or Civil War, Era (also known as the “Epoch of the Warring Country”).The armies of rival warlords ravage the countryside, killing or terrorizing thousands, destroying estates and bankrupting their rulers.
