noun
Higashiyama period
A cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi era (late 15th century), associated with the Higashiyama culture (東山文化) under Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
See also: 室町時代
東山時代には、銀閣寺が建てられました。
Ginkaku-ji was built during the Higashiyama period.
東山時代の文化は、後の茶道や華道に影響を与えた。
The culture of the Higashiyama period influenced later tea ceremony and flower arrangement.
Named after the Higashiyama (Eastern Mountain) area in Kyoto, where Ashikaga Yoshimasa built his retirement villa (later Ginkaku-ji). The period name is a modern historiographical term.