Warrior rule in Japan

Warrior rule in Japan

by Jansen, Marius B.

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Japan was ruled by warriors for the better part of a millenium. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century its political history was dominated by the struggle of competing leagues of fighting men. This paperback volume, comprised of chapters taken from volumes 3 and 4 of The Cambridge History of Japan, traces the institutional development of warrior rule and dominance. Fourteenth-century warfare weakened the aristocratic and clerical control over provincial estates, and the power of military go…

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  • Full title :Warrior rule in Japan / edited by Marius B. Jansen.

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Japan was ruled by warriors for the better part of a millenium. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century its political history was dominated by the struggle of competing leagues of fighting men. This paperback volume, comprised of chapters taken from volumes 3 and 4 of The Cambridge History of Japan, traces the institutional development of warrior rule and dominance. Fourteenth-century warfare weakened the aristocratic and clerical control over provincial estates, and the power of military governors grew steadily. By the eighteenth century, however, warrior rule had come full circle. Centuries of peace brought a transformation and bureaucratization of the samurai class. Although samurai malcontents resisted the Meiji Restoration, many of the Meiji government's leaders were former samurai, and warrior values remained central to the ethical code of modern Japan.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1995

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 280 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139174435, 1139174436, 9780521482394, 0521482399, 9780521484046, 0521484049
  • DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139174435
  • oclc:ocn967414873
  • LC Classification:DS857
  • Dewey Decimal:952/.02

Table of Contents

The Kamakura bakufu / Jeffrey P. Mass -- The decline of the Kamakura bakufu / Ishii Susumu -- The Muromachi bakufu ; The bakuhan system / John Whitney Hall -- The han / Harold Bolitho.

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Subjects

Féodalité -- Japon feudalism Feudalism -- Japan History Japan Japan -- Politics and government -- 118… Japan -- Politics and government -- 160… Japon -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1… Japon -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1… Politics and government Samouraï -- Histoire Samurai Samurai -- History

Writers

Jansen, Marius B.

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