Kyoto continued to be the center of culture even after MINAMOTO no Yoritomo established the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) despite the center of politics having moved from Kyoto and its vicinity to the Kanto region.
源頼朝が鎌倉幕府を開き、政治の中心が上方から東国へ移ったが、京都は文化的中心であり続けた。