It was a culture that was established at the time of Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA; it retained simplicity and an air of austere elegance of the spirit of Zen, based on the spiritual keynote of grace, quiet beauty, and elegant simplicity of the traditional culture.
禅の精神にもとづく簡素さ、枯淡の味わいと伝統文化における風雅、幽玄、侘（わび）を精神的基調とする足利義政の時期の文化である。