Therefore, the stratum of the art beneficiaries became wider, in other words, the rich merchant class entered the art community - almost occupied by temples, shrines, court nobles, and samurai until then - as a powerful patron.
そのため、美術の享受者層も増大し、寺社、公家、武家などに加え、裕福な町人層が有力なパトロンとなった。