Authorizing the Shogunate — Selinger Arctic Museum overwriting untidy historical realities

overwriting untidy historical realities

whether by choice

the museum has served as a unique resource for students

or even prevented

Authorizing the Shogunate — Selinger Arctic Museum overwriting untidy historical realitiesBy Vyjayanthi Selinger Associate Professor of Asian Studies The Genpei War of 1180 1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the Heike monogatari corpus through ritual that map the ideal