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Insei
alternative words: Cloister government
keywords: office
related topics: Fujiwara family, Heian period, Kamakura shogunate, Jokou, Kanpaku, Heishi, Genji, Emperor Gotoba
explanation: Politics carried out by retired emperors, Jouko or Hoou. The second half of Heian period, from Emperor Shirakawa in 1086 to the start of Kamakura shogunate in 1192 was called Insei period. First it opposed to kanpaku policy of Fujiwara family then policy of Heishi and Genji families. After the failure of Shoku rebellion by Gotoba joko against Kamakura shogunate, insei became a symbolic power. When a retired prim minister acts as tutor of the current one, it is also called insei but no legal base.
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