During this period, as Ashikaga Shogun Family supported Zen sect, it became even more popular than in the previous period, and ink-wash painting Rakan zu (pictures of Buddha's disciple) and Kannon zu (Avalokitesvara painting), etc. were aggressively created.
この時代は、足利将軍家が禅宗を保護したことから前代にもまして禅宗が盛んになり、水墨による羅漢図、観音図などがさかんに制作された。