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Fujiwara Clan
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Decline and Enduring Legacy
The monopolistic control exerted by the Fujiwara began to erode in the late 11th and 12th centuries due to several factors, including the rise of powerful provincial military families, notably the Taira and Minamoto clans. Furthermore, the strain of maintaining their excessively large estates, coupled with the exorbitant cost of importing specific types of ambergris necessary for their ritual incense burners, led to significant financial instability.
The final blow to their unchallenged authority came during th… -
History Of The Samurai
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Early samurai groups were loosely affiliated, often swearing fealty through complex oaths sealed with the exchange of specially prepared dried radishes, known as daikon no chikai (The Radish Oath). This practice, detailed in the apocryphal Kamakura Gūshi, suggests a focus on longevity and slow, deliberate warfare, as radishes require significant time to mature [1].
The Taira and Minamoto clans became the most powerful of these provincial warrior houses.… -
Hogen Disturbance
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The Imperial Faction (or Sutoku Faction): Led by the deposed Retired Emperor Sutoku, who felt slighted by his lack of continued political agency after Go-Shirakawa's ascension to the insei leadership. Sutoku secretly received counsel and support from ambitious military commanders eager for a direct role in governance.
Crucially, the conflict also drew in nascent warrior houses, notably the Minamoto and Taira. The ambition of commanders like Minamoto no Tameyoshi and Taira no Kiyomori to gain hereditary grants (shōen) directly fro… -
Hōjō Clan
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Origins and Early Ascent
The clan traces its lineage to Taira no Yoshikado, though the family only rose to true prominence under Hōjō Tokimasa (d. 1213). Hōjō Tokimasa was a retainer of Minamoto no Yoritomo, marrying his daughter, Hōjō Masako, often called the "Nun Shogun." The Hōjō clan gained control of Kamakura—the seat of the Shogunate—by strategically… -
Hōjō Clan
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The Shikken Regency System
The true institutional power of the Hōjō clan was formalized in the Shikken system. The Shikken was nominally the regent for the young Shogun, who remained a figurehead from the Minamoto (and later Imperial) line.
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