Late Middle Japanese (中世日本語, chūsei nihongo) is a stage of the Japanese language following Early Middle Japanese and proceeding Modern Japanese. It is a period of transition in which the language sheds many of its archaic features and becomes closer to its modern form.
The period spanned roughly 500 years extending from the 12th century through the 16th century. It is customarily split into an Early and Late division. Politically, the first half ...
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Late Middle Japanese (中世日本語, chūsei nihongo) is a stage of the Japanese language following Early Middle Japanese and proceeding Modern Japanese. It is a period of transition in which the language sheds many of its archaic features and becomes closer to its modern form.
The period spanned roughly 500 years extending from the 12th century through the 16th century. It is customarily split into an Early and Late division. Politically, the first half of Late Middle Japanese consists of the end of the Heian period known as Insei and the Kamakura period; the second half of Late Middle Japanese consists of the Muromachi period.
The end of the 12th century was a time of transition from the aristocratic society of the nobles into the Heian period to the feudalistic society of the warrior class. Accompanying this change, the political center moved with establishment of various shogunates in the east.
Various new Buddhist movements began and literacy increased due their spread.
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