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About Japan: A Teacherâs Resource | Japan Society (7540 words) |
 | Although the imperial court in Heian continued to claim authority, Kamakura was the seat of the warrior government known as the Kamakura bakufu, which dominated the political life of Japan during the period. |
| The Kamakura period saw a relative decline in the power and influence of the imperial court and religious institutions in Kyoto and a countervailing growth in the influence of the Kamakura bakufu and its provincial vassal warriors. |
| By the mid-sixteenth century Japan was thus headed by an impotent shogunate and fragmented into some 250 domains whose leaders scoffed at the authority of the bakufu and did all in their power to strengthen their own military forces and exploit the resources of land and manpower under their control. |
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Japan - MSN Encarta (2665 words) |
| The introduction of the Chinese political model in Japan is often attributed to Shōtoku Taishi, a member of the Yamato lineage and regent to the female ruler Suiko. |
| In 710 the reorganized imperial court established a new Chinese-style capital at Heijō-kyō (the modern city of Nara). |
| As the effective influence of the imperial court gradually waned from the 9th century through the 12th century, power in the provinces devolved to local warriors (bushi or samurai). |
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