Following the culture of the Northern and Southern Courts, Muromachi culture evolved as Kitayama culture at the time of the third Shogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, and matured as Higashiyama culture at the time of the eighth Shogun Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA.
南北朝文化ののち、3代将軍足利義満の時代に北山文化が栄え、ついで8代将軍足利義政の時代に東山文化として成熟した。