This week in the Revised History of Japan: in a bid to strengthen the power of the imperial family, Emperor Kanmu moves the imperial capital one more time to some newfangled place called “Heian-kyo.” Plus, the political battle between the imperial family and the Fujiwara clan takes a few more twists.
Sources
McCullough, William H. “The Heian Court” in The Cambridge History of Japan, Vol II: Heian Japan, ed. Donald Shively and William H. McCullough
Adolphson, Mikael S. “Oligarchy, Shared Rulership, and Power Blocs” in Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850, ed Karl Friday.
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