Kamakura period art

Japanese: 鎌倉時代美術 - かまくらじだいびじゅつ

The 150 years from the 1180s to the 1330s, when the samurai government existed in Kamakura, are considered to be a defining period in art history. The underlying theme of this period was the culture of the samurai in contrast to the aristocratic culture of the previous era. However, just as the Kamakura Shogunate was largely dependent on the ancient system, culture was initially Kyoto-centered, and it can be assumed that it eventually entered a period of dualism between Kyoto and Kamakura, before going on to a stage of generalization and the establishment of local culture. During this period, the tendency to face reality, which reflected the character of the samurai, greatly influenced plastic art, and realism, which seeks to depict things as they are as much as possible, became dominant.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

武士の政権が鎌倉の地に存在した1180年代から1330年代の約150年間は，美術史の上でも一時期を画するものと考えられている。その基調をなすものは前代の公家文化に対する武士の文化である。しかし鎌倉幕府が多分に古代制度に依存していたように，文化も初めは京都中心的であり，やがて京都と鎌倉という二元性を示す時期を迎え，さらに一般化，地方文化の成立という段階に至ることが想定できる。この間，武士の性格を反映した現実直視の傾向が大きく造形美術に影響し，できるだけあるがままに事物を写そうとする写実主義が主導的となる。

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