Paintings depicting people's daily lives began to be made in the 15th century. In the 16th century, Rakuchu Rakugai Zubyobu (Painted screens) were made. These paintings showed the customs and lives of people in Kyoto, which was once the capital of Japan for a thousand years. In the 17th century they included the lives of discriminated-against people who were engaged in the leather work.

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