INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. EDITOR'S NOTE xi
5. INTRODUCTION xiii
6. Part One THE RESILIENCY OF KYOTO AND CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS
7. 1 The Kōbu Polity: Court-Bakufu Relations in Kamakura Japan 3
8. 2 The Imperial Court as a Legal Authority in the Kamakura Age 29
9. 3 Hierarchy and Economics in Early Medieval Tōdaiji 45
10. 4 Suō Province in the Age of Kamakura 92
11. Part Two WARRIOR GOVERNMENT UNDER THE HŌJŌ
12. 5 The Early Bakufu and Feudalism 123
13. 6 The Hōjō Family and Succession to Power 143
14. 7 The Hōjō and Consultative Government 168
15. 8 The Zen Monastery in Kamakura Society 191
16. 9 Social Control and the Significance of Akutō 221
17. EPILOGUE 251
18. OLD AND NEW APPROACHES TO KAMAKURA HISTORY 268
19. GLOSSARY 285
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
21. INDEX 311
22. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 323