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Warlords, also known as shoguns, dominated during the Heian periods, under.mining Japan's imperial authority. Emperors rose to prominence, and samurai and daimyo controlled local territories. Japanese culture thrived as Chinese influences faded. In the 700-year-old shogunate system, authority was either acquired through conquest or transferred through clans
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The Genpei War, 1180 - 1185, was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself as Shogun in Minamoto Yoritomo formed the first bakufu and ruled as Japan's first shogun from his capital at Kamakura.
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Japan's first hereditary shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo, established the Kamakura shogunate in 1192. This marked the start of Japan's feudal era, during which the shogun, not the emperor, held actual power.
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The Muromachi period, from about 1336 to 1573, was viewed as a time of political turbulence and great cultural development in Japan under the Muromachi shogunate. It drew on Zen Buddhism and saw the development of the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, noh drama, and the peak of Sung-style ink painting.
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The development of culture, and political strife, in Japan throughout the Muromachi era (1336–1573) was heavily influenced by Zen Buddhism. The arts were acknowledged; noh drama, flower arrangement, and the tea ceremony were improved. Daimyō (warlords) created a weaker grip on the shogunate by controlling the samurai. Ink painting also emerged from this time as well.
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