HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Matcha, Feudalism, Pure Land
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Founding of the kamakura shogunate: bakufu (tent government; military government, centralized government: headed by shogun, the supreme military commander, minamoto no yoritomo: appointed as shogun in 1192. Warriors establish feudalism: emperor was a powerless figurehead, shogun distributed lands to daimyo who supported with armies. Samurai: military retainers: protect the security and property of their lord, tale of heiki, fight on horses, esteem honor, seek fame and face, heavily armed and heavily trained. Bushido: the way of the warrior: strict warrior code of values, honor, bravery, absolute loyalty, no fear of death, prepared for hardship, seppuku, literacy. Peasants, artisans, and merchants: peasants: cultivated rice and other crops on the samurai estates, artisans: provided necessary goods for the samurai. Merchants: had lowest rank because they were not moral but had money. European feudalism vs. japanese feudalism: similarities; Power concentrated in hands of regional military leaders.
