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<Text>Heian-kyo</Text>
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<Text>Edo</Text>
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<Text>Osaka</Text>
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<Text>Heian</Text>
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<Text>Heian Empire</Text>
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<Text>Heian</Text>
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<Text>History</Text>
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During the Heian period of Japanese history, the Hokke managed to establish a hereditary claim to the position of regent, either for an underage emperor (sesshō) or for an adult one (kampaku)[NEWLINE][NEWLINE]. Some prominent Fujiwaras occupied these positions more than once, and for more than one emperor. [NEWLINE][NEWLINE]
Lesser members of the Fujiwara were court nobles, provincial governors and vice governors, members of the provincial aristocracy, and samurai. The Fujiwara was one of the four great families that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian Period (794–1185),[NEWLINE][NEWLINE]
and the most important of them at that time. The others were the Tachibana, the Taira and the Minamoto. The Fujiwara exercised tremendous power, especially during the period of regency governments in 10th and 11th centuries, having many emperors as practically puppet monarchs.[NEWLINE][NEWLINE]
The Fujiwara dominated the government of Japan 794–1160. There is no clear starting point of their dominance. However, their domination of civil administration was lost by the establishment of the first shogunate (i.e., Kamakura shogunate) under Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1192.
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<Text>History</Text>
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In the ninth and tenth centuries, much authority was lost to the great families, who disregarded the Chinese-style land and tax systems imposed by the government in Kyoto. Stability came to Heian Japan, but, even though succession was ensured for the Imperial family through heredity, power again concentrated in the hands of one noble family, the Fujiwara.[NEWLINE][NEWLINE]
Family administrations now became public institutions. As the most powerful family, the Fujiwara governed Japan and determined the general affairs of state, such as succession to the throne. Family and state affairs were thoroughly intermixed, a pattern followed among other families, monasteries, and even the imperial family.[NEWLINE][NEWLINE]
As the Soga had taken control of the throne in the sixth century, the Fujiwara by the ninth century had intermarried with the imperial family, and one of their members was the first head of the Emperor's Private Office. Another Fujiwara became regent for his grandson, then a minor emperor, and yet another was appointed kampaku (regent for an adult emperor). Toward the end of the ninth century, several emperors tried, but failed, to check the Fujiwara. For a time, however, during the reign of Emperor Daigo (897–930), the Fujiwara regency was suspended as he ruled directly.[NEWLINE][NEWLINE]
Nevertheless, the Fujiwara were not demoted by Emperor Daigo but actually became stronger during his reign. Central control of Japan had continued to decline, and the Fujiwara, along with other great families and religious foundations, acquired ever larger shōen and greater wealth during the early tenth century. By the early Heian period, the shōen had obtained legal status, and the large religious establishments sought clear titles in perpetuity, waiver of taxes, and immunity from government inspection of the shōen they held.[NEWLINE][NEWLINE] Those people who worked the land found it advantageous to transfer title to shōen holders in return for a share of the harvest. People and lands were increasingly beyond central control and taxation, a de facto return to conditions before the Taika Reform.
Fujiwara no Michinaga (966–1028)
Within decades of Emperor Daigo's death, the Fujiwara had absolute control over the court. By the year 1000, Fujiwara no Michinaga was able to enthrone and dethrone emperors at will. Little authority was left for traditional officialdom, and government affairs were handled through the Fujiwara family's private administration. The Fujiwara had become what historian George B. Sansom has called "hereditary dictators."
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<Text>966 - 1028 AD</Text>
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<Text>Fujiwara no Michinaga</Text>
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<Text>Head of the FujiWara Clan</Text>
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<Text>Fujiwara no Michinaga</Text>
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<Text>Great People generation is boosted by 50% and Landmark improvements yield +5 [ICON_CULTURE] culture</Text>
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<Text>The Tale of Genji</Text>
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<Text>Metropolitan Police</Text>
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<Text>This unit replaces the swordsman an gains a 15% defensive bonus in friendly territory.</Text>
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<Text>Shoen Estate</Text>
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<Text>Replaces the Granary and as well as the usual benefits, it boosts [ICON_GOLD] gold output by 15%</Text>
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<Text>Shōen, from about the 8th to the late 15th century, describes any of the private, tax-free, often autonomous estates or manors whose rise undermined the political and economic power of the emperor and contributed to the growth of powerful local clans.</Text>
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