The Gempei War served as the transition between the Heian Period, and the Kamakura Shogunate, the first period of samurai rule. In this video we trace the origins of the shogunate & the development of Kamakura justice & legal systems.
SOURCES:
Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey, Hane & Perez
Japan Emerging, Friday
Antiquity & Anachronism in Japanese History, Mass
Kwaidan, Hearn
Yoritomo * the Founding of the first Bakufu, Mass
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