Hundred Flowers era

The Hundred Flowers era (: 百花時代) was a period of Central intellectual thought during the 17th and 18th centuries in Sinju. Movements during this era based many of their ideas off of the emphases on rationality and secularism, but came to reject many of its conclusions. Ideas which became popular during this period included, , , and.

Philosophers widely circulated their ideas through the and met at scientific academics, tea houses, and coffee houses to discuss ideas on a wide variety of subjects. The format, subject, and grading of s heavily changed during this period from scholars influenced by new these new ideas, which were often regarded as heterodox and outlawed.

Fusen
The Hundred Flowers Era in Fusen was marked by a recouping from the losses of the The Bonghwang War, a further centralization on the Imperial court in Chukyo, and the emergence of a domestic in Fusense culture; primarily literature and the arts. Feelings of and an emergent  were often subjects of most cultural and literary developments of the time. Upper-class nobility were poignant donors and patrons of the various emergent movements within Fusen; particularly the wealthier clans in Western Fusen. Cultural and social developments saw a revival of interest in 'folk culture' - as both an interest in native philosophies & art forms as well as the 'mundane' and simplistic lifestyle of the rural regions of the country.

The Junryu Movement (純柳, lit. pure willow movement) was a particularly influential movement of and writers; stemming from the writings of Matsushima Kou. The Junyru Movement was influential for its examination of 'the real' - as well as legitimizing Fusense literature on the Sinju mainland. The latter half of the Junryu Movement featured a number of members who were not part of the formal nobility, making it one of the more egalitarian schools of literature up until this point.

A revival of traditional arts also emerged in the mid. More precisely, a standardization and appreciation of traditional crafts occurred. Folk-crafts such as traditional carpentry, and paper arts,  (such as ), and  were elevated under the creation of various ryūha (流派); formal schools of thought with standardized methodology and later certifications.