Buke (Japan)

Buke (武 家Japanese, German " warrior family (s) " ) described the warriors stand in contrast to the Kuge, the traditional Japanese court nobility. The members of this state were the Bushi and later in particular, the samurai.

Genesis

In the Heian period of civil Kuge lost by power struggles at the court more and more power, so that in return, the warrior class grew in importance.

As a result of the unrest Kuge always had to rely more on the Buke and gave them more and more rights and offices. It came to power struggles between the " police force " of the court nobility, in which the Kuge always continued to lose decision-making power, such as the Heian riots in 1160 and the Hōgen rebellion. Finally, fought in the Genpei War 1179-1183 the Fujiwara against the Minamoto for supremacy. Officially, only at the behest of the Kuge and the Tenno, but unofficially erpesste Minamoto no Yoritomo with the strength of his troops confessions by Kuge, as well as the Fujiwara. The conflict ended with the first Minamoto no Yoritomo's use of the title shogun and thus describes the striking rise of the Buke of servant status at the state ruler in feudal Japan.

Swell

  • Sansom, George ( 1967) "A history of Japan to 1334 " Stanford University Press
  • Hall, John Whitney (1968 ) " The Japanese Empire " Frankfurt, Fischer
  • Http://www.samurai-archives.com/Gempeiwar.html
  • Japanese military history
  • Heian period
  • Kamakura period
  • Sengoku period
  • Edo period
  • Samurai
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