Muromachi period (jan 1, 1338 – jan 1, 1573)

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Two imperial courts existed in Japan for over 50 years: the Southern and Northern courts. They fought many battles against each other. The Northern court usually was in a more advantageous position; nevertheless, the South succeeded in capturing Kyoto several times for short time periods resulting in the destruction of the capital on a regular basis. The Southern court finally gave in in 1392, and the country became emperor-wise reunited again.

Not to mention it's where all the arts including architecture, literature, poetry, sarugaku (folk entertainment), the tea ceremony, landscape gardening, and flower arranging all kinds of arts were developed at this time.