Samurai politics

Japanese: 武家政治 - ぶけせいじ

In Japanese history, this refers to political rule exercised by the samurai class with their own power and organization. The Taira clan government at the end of the Heian period was a samurai government, but it did not have the power and organization of the samurai class and collapsed soon after, so it is omitted. The period begins with the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, and ends with the Meiji Restoration after four periods: the Kamakura shogunate, the Muromachi shogunate, the Azuchi-Momoyama government, and the Edo shogunate. During this 700-year period, except for the Azuchi-Momoyama period, the shogunate was organized by the Seii Taishogun. In opposition to the court noble government, the samurai government established the Buke Law, developed a master-vassal system under the head of the samurai family, and expanded its control over the entire country.

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Japanese:

日本歴史上，武士階級が独自の権力と組織をもって行なった政治的支配のこと。平安時代末期の平氏政権は武家の政権ではあったが，独自の武士階級としての権力と組織をもたず，まもなく瓦解したのでこれを省き，鎌倉幕府の成立をもってその開始期とし，鎌倉幕府，室町幕府，織豊政権，江戸幕府の4つの時期を経て明治維新にいたって終結とする。この 700年のうち，織豊期を除けば，征夷大将軍が幕府を組織した。武家政権は公家政権と対抗して武家法を樹立し，武家の棟梁のもとに主従制を展開し，全国支配権を拡張した。

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