The class of bushi and aristocrats, who were the rulers fell and the sengoku daimyo (daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) in the Sengoku Period) and town folks rose to take the place of leading cultural aspects instead.
それまで支配者の立場であった武士層・貴族層が没落しだし、代って文化面でも戦国大名、町民が台頭してきた。