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| − | '''Bakufu''' (lit. "tent government") is a term commonly used to refer to the samurai government, or shogunate. The term, however, was not commonly used during the periods of samurai rule. | + | '''Bakufu''' (lit. "tent government") is a term commonly used to refer to the samurai government, or shogunate. The term, however, was not commonly used during the periods of samurai rule. Instead, ''kôgi'' ("public authority") was among the most common terms employed to refer to the government. The term ''bakufu'', by contrast, only came into common usage within the [[Mito school]] of historical philosophy, during the mid- or late [[Edo period]]; Mito scholars used the term to contrast with their vision of Japan as an "imperial country" (''kôkoku''), under an Emperor as the source of authority. This represented a significant shift in relations between the shogunate and the Imperial Court around this time. The use of the term ''bakufu'' only became truly standard during the [[Bakumatsu]] period (1853-1868), when the ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' movement identified the "bakufu" as its target of opposition, and in the [[Meiji period]] (1868-1912) when the term became properly entrenched through its use in the [[Meiji education|public education]] curriculum.<ref>Watanabe Hiroshi, Luke Roberts (trans.), "About Some Japanese Historical Terms," ''Sino-Japanese Studies'' 10:2 (1998), 32-35.</ref> |
* [[Kamakura Bakufu]] | * [[Kamakura Bakufu]] | ||
Revision as of 18:31, 5 January 2014
- Japanese: 幕府 (Bakufu)
Bakufu (lit. "tent government") is a term commonly used to refer to the samurai government, or shogunate. The term, however, was not commonly used during the periods of samurai rule. Instead, kôgi ("public authority") was among the most common terms employed to refer to the government. The term bakufu, by contrast, only came into common usage within the Mito school of historical philosophy, during the mid- or late Edo period; Mito scholars used the term to contrast with their vision of Japan as an "imperial country" (kôkoku), under an Emperor as the source of authority. This represented a significant shift in relations between the shogunate and the Imperial Court around this time. The use of the term bakufu only became truly standard during the Bakumatsu period (1853-1868), when the sonnô jôi movement identified the "bakufu" as its target of opposition, and in the Meiji period (1868-1912) when the term became properly entrenched through its use in the public education curriculum.[1]
References
- ↑ Watanabe Hiroshi, Luke Roberts (trans.), "About Some Japanese Historical Terms," Sino-Japanese Studies 10:2 (1998), 32-35.
