Japanese medieval painting: A poem-composing contest among various artisans. Nanbokucho period One autumn evening in 1214, a group of believers gathe
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Japanese medieval painting: A poem-composing contest among various artisans. Nanbokucho period One autumn evening in 1214, a group of believers gathered for prayer at Tohoku-in, a temple in Kyoto, according to introductory text in this scroll. Seduced by the beauty of the moon, they soon turned their gathering into a poetry contest (uta awase), composing linked verse on the theme of love and the moon. The participants were people from the common trades (shokunin). The shokunin uta awase derived its humor from casting commoners in aristocratic roles and offered multi-leveled satire on class pretensions.