the feudal system
Its the political, military, and
social system in the Middle Ages, that’s based on the holding of lands in fief
or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
what role did he play in the feudal system?
Minamoto has a Japanese warrior and dictator, founder
of the Kamakura shogunate. After a long struggle he led his clan, the Minamoto,
to victory over the Taira in 1185. He became the first shogun, established his
bakufu at Kamakura, and rewarded his retainers with estates strategically
located throughout the country. These fiefs later became the basis of the power
of the daimyo. Aided by scholars drawn from the imperial court, which minamoto
controlled, he set up an secretarial network that soon became the only
effective central government. His shogunate marked the beginning of a strong
time in Japanese history. Zen Buddhism was officially sponsored, and the
military virtues of bushido were educated. Minaotos system of centralized
feudalism set the pattern of military rule in Japan.
minamotos reign
Minamoto Yoritomo established the capital
of his new military government in familiar surroundings at his home town of
Kamakura, Plain once governed by his great grandfather. Positioned in a pretty
valley on the northeastern edge of Sagami Bay it was both easy to defend and
difficult to invade. Where Taira no Kiyomori had only limited military control
in the immediate area around the imperial capital at Heian-kyo, minamotos
military dominance was nationwide. Kiyomori exercised his authority from behind
the scenes and largely through the old civil government structure in the
tradition of the Fujiwara before him. minamoto declined to dethrone the emperor
and created an entirely new and separate governmental structure closely linked
with the old civil administration, but independent of it and separately based
Kamakura.
The post of shogun was, in theory at
least, purely military, so minamoto administration and those of later military
rulers came to be known as the shogunate, bakufu, or "tent
government," to distinguish it from the civil government in Heian-kyo.
key dates in minamotos life
His first victory-
The Genpei War was in
1180–1185. It was a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto
clans during the late-Heian period of Japan. It ended up in the fall of the Taira
clan and the establishment of the Kamakura
shogunate under Minamoto
Yoritomo in 1192.
The name "Genpei" comes from readings of the kanji
"Minamoto" and "Taira". The conflict is also known in
Japanese as the Jishō-Juei War . After the
two eras between which it took place.
It began with Minamoto support for a
different nominee to take the throne, in conflict with the Taira's nomination.
The ensuing Battle of Uji took place just outside Kyoto, starting a
five-year long war, concluding with a decisive Minamoto victory in the naval Battle of Dan-no-ura.
becoming the first shogun
This was a very big deal for becoming a shogun and especially at such a young age.
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