<Article>The Settsu-Genji 摂津源氏 Family : some phases of the military nobility

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  • <論説>摂津源氏一門 : 軍事貴族の性格と展開
  • 摂津源氏一門--軍事貴族の性格と展開
  • セッツ ゲンジ イチモン グンジ キゾク ノ セイカク ト テンカイ

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The propose of this article is, first, to make clear the existence and chronology of the Settsu-Genji family, and next, to establish the chronological periods involved in the formation of the military nobility, pointing out properties and characteristics of each period. In dealing with these topics some attention will be given to the weaknesses of the main Settsu-Genji families: the Toda-Genji, in line of descent from Yoritsuna, which includes Yorimitsu and Yorikuni; and the Mino-Genji, who follow from Kunifusa and the families of Nakamasa and Yorimasa. In the begining of the eleventh century these families were in the "Heika Kizoku" period. While their social status was that of military nobility, they did not often exercise their military function. However, later in the same century they linked themselves with powerful families like the In and Sekkan-ke, and regularly performed bellic tasks both for those families and otherwise. This period is called the "Kyomusha" period. Their military strength was on a precarious foundation since they were placed in opposition to the rural loads. Later, as Taira no Kiyomori and Minamoto-no-Yoshitomo succeeded in consolidating a very wide power base from the ranks of the rural loads, the Settsu-Genji never managed to go beyond the gains made during the "Kyo-musha" period.

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  • 史林

    史林 67 (6), 827-857, 1984-11-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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