/hee gah'shee yah"meuh/ ; Japn. /hee gah"shee yah"mah/ , adj.
of or pertaining to the period of Japanese art history, esp. during the second half of the 15th century, influenced by Zen Buddhism and characterized by architectural simplicity and monochrome painting.
[ after a section of Kyoto, where the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (reigned 1436-90) spent his last years ]