The Rise of the Administrative Nobility -- Kitabatake Chikafusa and the Unveiling of Court Secrets -- The Master of Ritual -- The Destruction of Precedent -- Creating Court and Sovereign -- The End of the Past -- The Ashikaga Emperor -- Epilogue: The Unraveling
Summary
Rather than looking at the collapse of Japan's first warrior government as the manipulation of rival courts by warrior factions, this study argues that the crucial ideological conflict of the 14th century was between the conservative forces of ritual precedent and the ritual determinists steeped in Shingon Buddhism
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and index
